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Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Baron de Montesquieu

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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Gratitude Men Ties
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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Magic Two Wisdom
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Talking Thinking
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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Cowardice Envy Fortune
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Bad Nature Slavery States
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Empires Peace War
In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
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Government Law Three
Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
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Despise Fool Law Men
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Institutions Shapes States
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Despotism Honor States
The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic

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