Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEULuxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
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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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I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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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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There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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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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