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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

If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman… because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
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Firsts Men Ruin
Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.
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Cleanly Feel Passion
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.
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Democracy Fall Spirit
…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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Corruption Law Republic
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Blood Kingdoms Philosophical
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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Checks Power Should
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
A really intelligent man feels what other men only know.
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Feels Intelligent Men
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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Arguing People Religion
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.
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Government Order Political
When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it and avarice possesses the whole community.
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Ambition Community Mind
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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Corruption Degrees Government
Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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Causes Greater Slowness

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