The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThere 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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Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
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When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
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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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If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Europe is a state with several provinces
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There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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