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Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.

Baron de Montesquieu

Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
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Favors Given May
There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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Civil War Kingdoms War
Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
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God Religion Thinking
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
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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Equality Law Men
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Bad Nature Slavery States
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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Democracy Equality Love
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence
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
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade
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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Age Men Passion
There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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Mathematics Three Triangles
Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Clever Injustice Threat
Power should be a check on power.
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Checks Evil Good
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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Justice Protection Tyranny
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish

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