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The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.

Baron de Montesquieu

Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Confidence Hands Mediocrity
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
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Another Execute Impossible Maxims
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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Gunpowder Men Secret
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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Law Passion Powerful
Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Law Spare
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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Abuse Authority Men
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Learning Men Science
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Dresses Matter Should
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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Anger Men Society
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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Nature Proportion Rewards
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Despotism Honor States
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Children Holy Imputed Instruct Perform

The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.

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