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Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.

Baron de Montesquieu

If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Act Law Overt Punish
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
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Enough Kind Moral
[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread… and a thousand other things of the same kind.
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Believe Kings Religion
There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Executrix Judging Liberty Separate
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Depth Philosophical Public Speaking
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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Aggression Order Two War
A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
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Men Speak Writing
I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.
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May Obliged Wander
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Coffee People Wise
…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

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