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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist.
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Atheism Atheist Law
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Checks Ought Power
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
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.
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Hands Heart might
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Believe Coffee Witty
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
Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Confidence Hands Mediocrity
I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
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Art History Philosophy
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Knowing Long Success
In the state of nature… all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.
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Equality Law Men
There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.
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Aggression Order Two War
The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.
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Citizens Men Society
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs

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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