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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

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.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Citizens May Order
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
The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.
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Hands Heart might
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
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Despise Fool Law Men
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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Degrees Different Knowing
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
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Fearless Philosophical Reading
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.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Government Law Three
In the state of nature… all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.
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Equality Law Men
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
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Apathy Democracy Wisdom
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
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People Style Writing
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men

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