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Baron de Montesquieu

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Depth Philosophical Public Speaking
Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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Citizens May Order
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
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
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Execution Law Philosophical
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
The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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Highway Philosophical Reason
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.
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Birth Men Philosophical
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason
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
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
In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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Liberty Light States

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