Book VI, Chapter 9
Of the severity of punishments in different governments - milder in moderate states.
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From The Spirit of Laws by Montesquieu
The liberty of the citizen depends chiefly on the goodness of criminal laws; punishments should be proportioned to crimes and drawn from the nature of the offense, not the will of the prince.
Book XII, Chapter 4
Proportion between punishments and crimes - influenced Beccaria's On Crimes and Punishments.
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Liberty consists principally in not being forced to do something the law does not require.
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