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When a government is arrived to that degree of corruption as to be incapable of reforming itself, it would not lose much by being new moulded.

Baron de Montesquieu

Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Courage Law Morality
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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Degrees Different Knowing
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
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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Christian Liberty Stranger
The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Men Succession Vain
In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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Government Law Republic
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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Law Name Tyrant
You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Learning Littles Study
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.
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Earth Law Political

When a government is arrived to that degree of corruption as to be incapable of reforming itself, it would not lose much by being new moulded.

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