The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

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The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

Baron de Montesquieu

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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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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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Criminals Tests
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

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Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

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Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.

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The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Slavery States
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

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The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Philosophical
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.

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Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.

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Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Fertility
Trade is the best cure for prejudice.

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Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Cures Trade
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Threat
They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings.

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They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings.
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Intelligent
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.

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To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!

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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Orignal
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.

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Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Connections Jurisprudence
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.

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I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
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Fearless Philosophical
Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.

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Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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Political
In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.

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In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
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