Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Virtue has needs of limits.
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Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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