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Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

Baron de Montesquieu

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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Certain Foolishness Kind
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Punishment Remedy Sick
When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
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Law Liberty Umpires
The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Busy Polite Time
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
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
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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Fear Men Silly
The power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.
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Divorce Given Moments
There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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Mathematics Three Triangles
Europe is a state with several provinces
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Country Province Several State
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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Law Real War
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
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Favor Government People

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

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