There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThere should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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Europe is a state with several provinces
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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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It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.
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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.
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There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.
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What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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