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A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.

Baron de Montesquieu

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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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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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Citizens May Order
A rational army would run away.

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A rational army would run away.
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Running
At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.

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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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Debt
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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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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Kings
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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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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Two
The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.

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The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
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Vanity
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Name Tyrant
The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.
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Power ought to serve as a check to power.

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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Checks Ought
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Philosophical Speaking
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical
…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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…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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Corruption
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Philosophical
In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.

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In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

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When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.
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Long

A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.

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