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…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.

Baron de Montesquieu

Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.
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Envy Men Praise
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
I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
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Art History Philosophy
Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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Away Carried Gentle Rivers
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
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
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Aunt Believe East
Virtue has needs of limits.
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Limits Needs Virtue
In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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Government Law Republic
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership
I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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Extremes Mankind Moderation
I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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Book Suffering Writing
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Law Manners Want

…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.

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…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.

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