The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUPolitical liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
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The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.
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When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread… and a thousand other things of the same kind.
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The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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The less men think, the more they talk.
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Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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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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Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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