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Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.

Baron de Montesquieu

There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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Anger Men Society
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Different States War
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Execution Law Philosophical
In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.
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Character Giving Leadership
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
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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Country Criminals Tests
If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman… because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
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Firsts Men Ruin
Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist.
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Atheism Atheist Law
In the matter of dress one should always keep below one’s ability.
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Dresses Matter Should
Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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Away Carried Gentle Rivers
Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.
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Democracy Fall Spirit
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
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Abuse Men Power

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