Edward Gibbon Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: April 27, 1737 - January 16, 1794
Birthday: April 27
Death: January 16
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind.
topic: Law, Punishment, Giving, Obliged, Rigour, Drug Prohibition, Drug Laws, Nullification
