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The Laws ought to be so framed, as to secure the Safety of every Citizen as much as possible.
Proposals for a New Law Code (1768)
The Usage of Torture is contrary to all the Dictates of Nature and Reason; even Mankind itself cries out against it, and demands loudly the total Abolition of it.
Proposals for a New Law Code (1768)
It is better to be subject to the Laws under one Master, than to be subservient to many.
Proposals for a New Law Code (1768)
A Man ought to form in his own Mind an exact and clear Idea of what Liberty is. Liberty is the Right of doing whatsoever the Laws allow: And if any one Citizen could do what the Laws forbid, there would be no more Liberty; because others would have an equal Power of doing the same.
Proposals for a New Law Code (1768)
That Law, therefore, is highly beneficial to the Community where it is established, which ordains that every Man shall be judged by his Peers and Equals. For when the Fate of a Citizen is in Question, all Prejudices arising from the Difference of Rank or Fortune should be stifled; because they ought to have no Influence between the Judges and the Parties accused.
Proposals for a New Law Code (1768)
In a State or Assemblage of People that live together in a Community, where there are Laws, Liberty can only consist in doing that which every One ought to do, and not to be constrained to do that which One ought not to do.
Proposals for a New Law Code (1768)