If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThere is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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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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There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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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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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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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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