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Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.

Baron de Montesquieu

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In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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Government Law Republic
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
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
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Checks Ought Power
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
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
Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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Despotism Honor States
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Mind Prejudice Superstitions
Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour’s reading would not dissipate.
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Disappointment Reading Sovereign
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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Birth Death Men Weep
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
Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Day Happy Independence Law Liberty
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic

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