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The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.

The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.

Baron de Montesquieu
Law, Wickedness, Mankind
Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.125, Library of Alexandria

I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.

Baron de Montesquieu
Moderation, Mankind, Extremes
"The Spirit of the Laws". Book by Baron de Montesquieu, Book XXII: Of Laws in Relation to the Use of Money, Ch. 22: The Same Subject continued, 1748.

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