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Quotation from The Spirit of the Laws by Montesquieu
“As it is the business of legislators to watch over the health of the citizens, it would have been a wise part in them to have stopped this communication by laws made on the plan of those of Moses.”
The Spirit of the Laws, Book XIV, ch. 11, trans. Nugent
After describing the spread of a disease brought from the New World, Montesquieu commends the Mosaic laws for the leprous as a model of public health legislation.
Citation: "As it is the business of legislators to watch over the health of the citizens, it would have been a wise part in them to have stopped this communication by laws made on the plan of those of Moses." — Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, Book XIV, ch. 11, trans. Nugent. (id the-spirit-of-the-laws-q6)
Portrait: Montesquieu, De l'Esprit des loix (1st ed, 1748, vol 1, title page), Smuconlaw., Public domain.
