The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUIn 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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The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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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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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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Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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