Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEULaws, 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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This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
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When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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A rational army would run away.
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Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Virtue has needs of limits.
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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
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