1820 Oct. 10 Spanish liberticide measures 2. Torreno King irresponsible

Well then, and so in the opinion of Count Torreno by societies without

responsibility the nation might be led to its ruin. Well then if by societies

without responsibility how is it in regard to individuals without

responsibility. In a bad as in a good course The action of an individual is it

not somewhat more prompt and steady than that of a society composed of one set

of members one day and a different set the next. A Society without

responsibility is the creature of his imagination: but an individual without

responsibility is the creature of his voice. One individual without

responsibility: and through that one individual others at all times in any

numbers. The King by his irresponsibility is authorized to committ in every

imaginable shape, to every imaginable extent […?] […?] those acts which on the

part of an individual not so endowed would be crimes. The King by his power of

pardoning communicates that same omnipotence in wrong to as many individuals as

he pleases.