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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
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Equality Men War
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Enforcement Law Liberty
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.
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Envy Men Praise
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
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Fearless Philosophical Reading
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
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Law Real War
At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
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Country Debt World
…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
Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
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Favor Government People
The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
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Administration Power Use
A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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Feels Intelligent Men
To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.
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Funny Inspirational Integrity Leadership
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
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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Bigs Favors Friendship

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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