The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
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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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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance… the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
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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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In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread… and a thousand other things of the same kind.
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If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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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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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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