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The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.

Alexis de Tocqueville
Law, Moral, Constitution
"De la supériorité des mœurs sur les lois". Oeuvres complètes, Volume VIII, p. 286., 1831.
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.