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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.

Baron de Montesquieu

[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
Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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Giving Law Made
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
Solemnity is the shield of idiots
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Idiot Shields Stupidity
There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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Country Government Reality
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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Facts Simplicity Writing
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Law Manners Want
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Different States War
The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.
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Hands Heart might
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
When we seek after wit, we discover only foolishness.
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Discover Foolishness Wit
Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.
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Disposition Prejudice Reason
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue
Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Abuse Liberty Power
Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Courage Law Morality

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