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In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.

Baron de Montesquieu

The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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Christian Liberty Stranger
Virtue has needs of limits.
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Limits Needs Virtue
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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Another Doors Fortune Window
There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
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Grief Hours Reading
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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Bankers Country Jobs
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Empires Peace War
Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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Democracy Equality Love
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
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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Powerful Sick
Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Idiot Shields Stupidity

In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.

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