Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabit…

Baron de Montesquieu
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Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied. ✨ Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). The Spirit of Laws, p.20, Library of Alexandria
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