Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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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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There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
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Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
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Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.
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Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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