The less men think, the more they talk.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEURepublics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
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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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It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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