Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
More Baron de Montesquieu Quotes
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
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There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.
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The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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