Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUNature 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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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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Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
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Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
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When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
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