There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUIt is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
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Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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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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The less men think, the more they talk.
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The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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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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The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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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.
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Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Power should be a check on power.
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Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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