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Baron de Montesquieu

Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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Hate Running Thinking
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Law Name Tyrant
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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Fear Men Silly
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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Equality Men War
It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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Checks Power Should
A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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Men Speak Writing
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 alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
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Citizens Men Naked
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom
If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Country Humanity Patriotism
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three

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