 | John Dickinson - 1801 - 650 pages
...one part the heighth of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this...diffuse their influence universally and equally." , • • • ' " RUI/ERS stimulated by this pernicious " effort," and subjects, animated by the just... | |
 | Cesare marchese di Beccaria - 1819 - 248 pages
...one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort, and to diffuse their influence univciaolly ami equally. But men generally abandoned the care of their most important concerns to the... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - 1823 - 644 pages
...one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this...diffuse their influence universally' and equally." Rulers stimulated by this pernicious "effort," and subjects animated by the just" intent of opposing... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1834 - 640 pages
...one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort, and diffuse their influence universally and equally. But men generally abandon the care of their most important... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1834 - 708 pages
...one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort, and diffuse their inlluenr«universally and equally. But men generally abandon the care of their most important... | |
 | William Hickey - 1846 - 396 pages
...one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery . The intent of good laws is to oppose this...to diffuse their influence universally and equally ;" and Montesquieu declares that, "In a free state, every man, who is supposed a free agent, ought... | |
 | Robert Christie - 1848 - 388 pages
...one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this...it," have occasioned that vast variety of events, tiiat fill the histories of so many nations. All these histories demonstrate the truth of this simple... | |
 | Robert Christie - 1848 - 386 pages
...one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the oilier to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this effort, and to diffuse tlieir influence universally and equally.'' Rules stimulated by this pernicious " effort," and subjects,... | |
 | William Hickey - 1851 - 580 pages
...legislation will cease to be national. It wrill be wise by accident, and bad by system." weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this...to diffuse their influence universally and equally ;" and Montesquieu declares that, " In a free state, every man, who is supposed a free agent, ought... | |
 | William Hickey - 1851 - 588 pages
...legislation will cease to be national. It will be wise by accident, and bad by system." weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to oppose this...to diffuse their influence universally and equally ;" and Montesquieu declares that, "In a free state, every man, who is supposed a free agent, ought... | |
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In every human society, (says the celebrated Marquis Beccaria) there is an effort continually tending to confer on one part the height of power and happiness and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery. The intent of good laws is to... 
