There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe power of divorce can be given only to those who feel the inconveniences of marriage, and who are sensible of the moment when it is for their interest to make them cease.
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Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things.
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Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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This punishment of death is the remedy, as it were, of a sick society.
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The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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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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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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