Why Don't You Reform Yourselves?

It Is Not True That The Legislator Has Absolute Power Over Our Persons And Property, Since They Pre-exist, And His Work Is Only To Secure Them From Injury. It Is Not True That The Mission Of The Law Is To Regulate Our Consciences, Our Ideas, Our Will, Our Education, Our Sentiments, Our Works, Our Exchanges, Our Gifts, Our Enjoyments. Its Mission Is To Prevent The Rights Of One From Interfering With Those Of Another, In Any One Of These Things.

The Most Urgent Necessity Is, Not That The State Should Teach, But That It Should Allow Education. All Monopolies Are Detestable, But The Worst Of All Is The Monopoly Of Education.

...the Statement, "the Purpose Of The Law Is To Cause Justice To Reign," Is Not A Rigorously Accurate Statement. It Ought To Be Stated That The Purpose Of The Law Is To Prevent Injustice From Reigning. In Fact, It Is Injustice, Instead Of Justice, That Has An Existence Of Its Own. Justice Is Achieved Only When Injustice Is Absent.

It Is Indeed A Singular Thing That People Wish To Pass Laws To Nullify The Disagreeable Consequences That The Law Of Responsibility Entails. Will They Never Realize That They Do Not Eliminate These Consequences But Merely Pass Them Along To Other People? The Result Is One Injustice The More And One Moral The Less.

When Law And Morality Contradict Each Other, The Citizen Has The Cruel Alternative Of Either Losing His Moral Sense Or Losing His Respect For The Law.