Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUAn author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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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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Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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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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There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.
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As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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