Political 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.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUA man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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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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The less men think, the more they talk.
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Certain kinds of foolishness are such that a greater foolishness would be better.
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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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With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.
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That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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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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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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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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