The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUMan is a social animal formed to please in society.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUPeace is a natural effect of trade.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUNot to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEULove of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU…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 MONTESQUIEUMen, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe 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.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUNo kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUVitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUCoffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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