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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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Corruption Law Republic
Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Despotism Honor States
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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Crime People Progress
Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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Library Men Reading
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Government Order Political
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty

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