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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

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When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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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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I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.
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Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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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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This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Europe is a state with several provinces
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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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