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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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Abuse Authority Men
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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Library Men Reading
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Bad Nature Slavery States
I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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Extremes Mankind Moderation
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.
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Difficult People Since Thinking
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
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
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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Fear Men Silly
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
The 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.
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Believe Miracle Vanity
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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Description Paradise Sensible
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness

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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