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No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being.

Benjamin Constant

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Benjamin Constant
Age: 63 †
Born: 1767
Born: October 25
Died: 1830
Died: December 10
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Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque
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