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In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.

Baron de Montesquieu

There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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Civil War Kingdoms War
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
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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Aunt Believe East
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.
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Envy Men Praise
As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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Age Men Passion
In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.
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Character Giving Leadership
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.
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Bankers Country Jobs
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Institutions Shapes States
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Learning Men Science
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
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish

In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.

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