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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

Fain would I glide down a gentle river, but I am carried away by a torrent.
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Away Carried Gentle Rivers
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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History People Vacant
I acknowledge that history is full of religious wars: but we must distinguish; it is not the multiplicity of religions which has produced these wars; it was the intolerating spirit which animated that one which thought she had the power of governing.
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Religious Spirit War
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
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Aunt Believe East
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
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Country Freedom Wells
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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Law Relation
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
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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Favors Talking Wit
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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Magic Two Wisdom
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.
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Action Law Lending
There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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Country Men Nothing Worth

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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