Relationship between Laws and Good Morals

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals. (Machiavelli, 1513-1517)

Note(s):
Machiavelli, N. (1513-1517). Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius. (A. Gilbert, Trans.) Duke University Press.