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If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.

Baron de Montesquieu

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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Feels Intelligent Men
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Freedom Liberty Missing
Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Courage Law Morality
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
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Aggression Order Two War
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Mind Prejudice Superstitions
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Government Order Political
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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Liberty Light States
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
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Apathy Democracy Wisdom
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
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Business Certain Motion Quick Slow
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty

If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.

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