Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “No duty, however, binds us to these so-called laws, whose corrupting influence menaces what is noblest in our being...” ~ Benjamin Constant [Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque] (1767-1830) Swiss-born thinker, writer and French politician.Source: Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments (1810) (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2003), p. 401-402.