Quotes by : Cesare Beccaria

For every crime that comes before him, a judge is required to complete a perfect syllogism in which the....

I myself owe everything to French books. They developed in my soul the sentiments of humanity which had....

No man can be judged a criminal until he is found guilty; nor can society take from him the public protection....

In every human society, there is an effort continually tending to confer on one part the height of power....

happy is the nation without a history

Laws are the terms by which independent and isolated men united to form a society, once they tired of....

It is a considerable point in all good legislation to determine exactly the credibility of witnesses....

Philosophers see no harm in the Jesuits other than in their effect on humanity and the sciences. The....

The moral and political principles that govern men are derived from three sources: revelation, natural....

If someone were to say that life at hard labor is as painful as death and therefore equally cruel, I....