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The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.

Baron de Montesquieu

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To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.
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Action Law Lending
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.
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Differences Independence Law
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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Government Law Thinking
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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Equality Men War
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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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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