The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEULiberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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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.
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The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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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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When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it and avarice possesses the whole community.
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To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Very good laws may be ill timed.
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