“There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.”
Montesquieu
3 quotes in the MindQuotes library.
“The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.”
“In the state of nature, all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the laws.”