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Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.

Baron de Montesquieu

Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
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Favor Government People
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Consecrate Impendere Life Truth
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
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
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.
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Envy Men Praise
We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.
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Differences Independence Law
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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Country Men Nothing Worth
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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Future Life Philosophical
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing
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 virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it and avarice possesses the whole community.
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Ambition Community Mind
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

Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.

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