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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

Baron de Montesquieu

Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
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Body Honor Thinking
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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Government Law Republic
The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.
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Citizens Men Society
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men
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
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
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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Busy English Polite Time
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Law Manners Want
Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.
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Acceptance Done Wonderful
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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Birth Death Men Weep
Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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Away Carried Gentle Rivers
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue

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