Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEULaws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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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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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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In the state of nature… all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.
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The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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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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Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.
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Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Power should be a check on power.
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The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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