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Baron de Montesquieu

It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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Government Law Thinking
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Brain Guarantees Humans
I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.
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May Obliged Wander
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
A rational army would run away.
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Army Running War
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
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Apathy Democracy Wisdom
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
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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Fear Men Silly
Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Courage Law Morality
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
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Giving Men Slavery
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Empires Peace War
The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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Christian Liberty Stranger
The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Law Mankind Wickedness

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