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....

By 'justice', I understand nothing more than that bond which is necessary to keep the interest of individuals....

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....

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....

When a fixed code of laws, which must be observed to the letter, leaves no further care to the judge....

Our knowledge and all of our ideas are mutually connected; the more complicated they are, the more numerous....

The greatest happiness of the greatest number.