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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.

Baron de Montesquieu

I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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Extremes Mankind Moderation
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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Men Speak Writing
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence
Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Law Spare
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Talking Thinking
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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Law Relation
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
There 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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Aggression Order Two War
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Freedom Liberty Missing
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity His laws, the material world its laws, the intelligences superior to man their laws, the beasts their laws, man his laws.
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God Nature Science
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
What cowardice it is to be dismayed by the happiness of others and devastated by there good fortune.
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Cowardice Envy Fortune
When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.
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Cutting Government Tree

Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.

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