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It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.

Baron de Montesquieu

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Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
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Despotism Honor Political Republic
For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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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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