Cesare Beccaria quoteCesare Beccaria [1738-1794]
Italian Judge 
Quote rank: 125
| No man ever freely surrendered a portion of his own liberty for the sake of the public good; such a chimera appears only in fiction. If it were possible, we would each prefer that the pacts binding others did not bind us; every man sees himself as the centre of all the world's affairs. |
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