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A citizen deserves death when he has violated security so far as to take or to attempt to take a life.
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Montesquieu
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The Spirit of Law
(1748)
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Author
Montesquieu
Source
The Spirit of Law
Topic
death
security
Date
1748
Language
English
Reference
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Translated by Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller and Harold Samuel Stone
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"A citizen deserves death when he has violated security so far as to take or to attempt to take a life." Montesquieu, The Spirit of Law (1748).
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