As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThere is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
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Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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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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Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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