No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUEver since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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