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Baron de Montesquieu

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
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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Degrees Different Knowing
As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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Age Men Passion
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish
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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Hands Heart might
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
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Aggression Order Two War
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
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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Feels Intelligent Men
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Knowing Long Success
Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.
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Democracy Fall Spirit
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
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

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