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We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

Baron de Montesquieu

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
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
If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman… because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
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Firsts Men Ruin
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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Anger Men Society
False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.
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Happiness Laughter Men
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Knowing Long Success
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
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Business Certain Motion Quick Slow
This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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Punishment Remedy Sick
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
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
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Freedom Liberty Missing
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

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

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We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

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