A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUAs 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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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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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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When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it and avarice possesses the whole community.
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We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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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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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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