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The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.

Baron de Montesquieu

Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings.
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Blind Intelligent World
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.
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Education School Two
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
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
The love of study is in us the only lasting passion. All the others quit us in proportion as this miserable machine which holds them approaches its ruins.
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Machines Passion Ruins
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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Future Life Philosophical
Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.
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Nature Proportion Rewards
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
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Learning Men Science
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical

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