I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUVanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
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Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.
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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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[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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Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
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The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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