One Does Not Advance When

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.

There Is A Collective As Well As An Individual Humor Inclining Peoples To Sadness Or Cheerfulness, Making Them See Things In Bright Or Somber Lights. In Fact, Only Society Can Pass A Collective Opinion On The Value Of Human Life; For This The Individual Is Incompetent.

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

Each New Generation Is Reared By Its Predecessor; The Latter Must Therefore Improve In Order To Improve Its Successor. The Movement Is Circular.

A Religion Is A Unified System Of Beliefs And Practices Relative To Sacred Things, That Is To Say, Things Set Apart And Forbidden-beliefs And Practices Which Unite Into One Single Moral Community Called A Church, All Those Who Adhere To Them.