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

Baron de Montesquieu

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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Aggression Order Two War
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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Abuse Authority Men
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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Believe Gratitude People
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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Justice Protection Tyranny
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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Favors Talking Wit
Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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Library Men Reading
The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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Busy English Polite Time
Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
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Despise Fool Law Men
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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Country Criminals Tests
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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Difficult People Since Thinking
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Mind Prejudice Superstitions
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Checks Ought Power
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Execution Law Philosophical
Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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Earth Law Political

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

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