Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUIn every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
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Europe is a state with several provinces
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We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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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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Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.
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The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
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Love 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.
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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
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