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Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.

Baron de Montesquieu

The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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Abuse Peace Tendencies
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
Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Causes Greater Slowness
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
The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Law Mankind Wickedness
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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Law Relation
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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Anger Men Society
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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Philosophical Success Wise
Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.
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Acceptance Done Wonderful
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
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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