Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUIt is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.
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Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
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Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.
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There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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The less men think, the more they talk.
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If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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Power should be a check on power.
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