A Person Is Not Merely A Single

That Men Have An Interest In Knowing The World Which Surrounds Them, And Consequently That Their Reflection Should Have Been Applied To It At An Early Date, Is Something That Everyone Will Readily Admit.

When Morals Are Sufficient, Law Is Unnecessary; When Morals Are Insufficient, Law Is Unenforceable.

If Religion Has Given Birth To All That Is Essential In Society, It Is Because The Idea Of Society Is The Soul Of Religion.

One Cannot Long Remain So Absorbed In Contemplation Of Emptiness Without Being Increasingly Attracted To It. In Vain One Bestows On It The Name Of Infinity; This Does Not Change Its Nature. When One Feels Such Pleasure In Non-existence, One's Inclination Can Be Completely Satisfied Only By Completely Ceasing To Exist.

There Is No Society Known Where A More Or Less Developed Criminality Is Not Found Under Different Forms. No People Exists Whose Morality Is Not Daily Infringed Upon. We Must Therefore Call Crime Necessary And Declare That It Cannot Be Non-existent, That The Fundamental Conditions Of Social Organization, As They Are Understood, Logically Imply It.