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Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.

Baron de Montesquieu

It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Country Difficult Equal United States
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.
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Body Diversity Movement
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
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Another Execute Impossible Maxims
In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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Liberty Light States
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Law Manners Want
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.
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Education School Two
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.
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Country Criminals Tests
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men
Virtue has needs of limits.
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Limits Needs Virtue
…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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Corruption Law Republic

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