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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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Mind Prejudice Superstitions
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Gambling Government Three
To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.
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Action Law Lending
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.
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Nature Proportion Rewards
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Country Freedom Wells
The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.
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Forgiveness Love Philosophy
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Gratitude Men Ties
If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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Catching Running Succeed
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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Differences Independence Law
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
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
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Cures Prejudice Trade

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