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Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.

Baron de Montesquieu

This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Punishment Remedy Sick
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom
If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Country Humanity Patriotism
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Empires Peace War
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
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.
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Apathy Democracy Wisdom
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Learning Littles Study
The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
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Business Certain Motion Quick Slow
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Law Name Tyrant
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Government Order Political
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men

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