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

Baron de Montesquieu

There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Executrix Judging Liberty Separate
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.
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Citizens Men Society
…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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Corruption Law Republic
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Law Name Tyrant
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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Animal Men Society
With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
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Enough Kind Moral
Very good laws may be ill timed.
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Good Law May Very
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
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Republic Virtue
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
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship

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

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