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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Law Overt Punish Undertake
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
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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Arguing People Religion
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
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Another Execute Impossible Maxims
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance… the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
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Religion Religious War
I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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Hate Running Thinking
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Learning Littles Study
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Depth Philosophical Public Speaking
There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
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Grief Hours Reading
Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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Lunch Paris Philosophical
Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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Democracy Equality Love
The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.
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Forgiveness Love Philosophy

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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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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