"Legislation is the work of men invested with power, and who, in fact, govern the nation; therefore it follows that, practically, the quality of the laws depends more on the quality of these men than on the form of power. The laws will good or bad according as the minds of the legislators are imbued with good or bad principles and as they allow themselves to be guided by political prudence or by passion"
Pope Leo XIII (Allegiance to the Republic)