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Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity His laws, the material world its laws, the intelligences superior to man their laws, the beasts their laws, man his laws.

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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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Country Government Reality
I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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Book Suffering Writing
There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
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Grief Hours Reading
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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Body Honor Thinking
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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Abuse Men Power
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
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Apathy Democracy Wisdom
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
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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Christian Liberty Stranger
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.
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Action Law Lending
In the state of nature… all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.
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Equality Law Men
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men

Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity His laws, the material world its laws, the intelligences superior to man their laws, the beasts their laws, man his laws.

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Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all beings have their laws: the Deity His laws, the material world its laws, the intelligences superior to man their laws, the beasts their laws, man his laws.

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