Jean Domat - Since all people do not do their duty and some, on the

Since all people do not do their duty and some, on the contrary, commit injustices, for the sake of keeping order in society, injustices and all enterprises against this order must be repressed: which was possible only through authority given to some over others, and which made government necessary.

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Jean Domat, 1625-1696, French Jurist, On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy

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