“In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a guarantee of impunity.”

— Jean Jacques Rousseau , book The Social Contract

Source: The Social Contract

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Genevan philosopher 1712–1778

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