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I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.

Baron de Montesquieu

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Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
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
Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Despotism Honor States
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Enforcement Law Liberty
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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Christian Liberty Stranger
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
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Favor Government People
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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Book Suffering Writing
Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Idiot Shields Stupidity
Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Consecrate Impendere Life Truth
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason

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