In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.

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In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.

Baron de Montesquieu

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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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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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Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.

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Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Morality
Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.

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Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
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Favor
The love of study is in us the only lasting passion. All the others quit us in proportion as this miserable machine which holds them approaches its ruins.

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The love of study is in us the only lasting passion. All the others quit us in proportion as this miserable machine which holds them approaches its ruins.
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Machines Ruins
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.

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Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Sexuality
When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.

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When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Enforcement
Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.

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Wherever I find envy I take a pleasure in provoking it: I always praise before an envious man those who make him grow pale.
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.

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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Perfect
Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Philosophical Trade
One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.

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One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.
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There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.

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There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Ties
No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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Kingdoms Philosophical
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.

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I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
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Another Execute Maxims
As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.

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As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
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Despotism Honor Political
Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.

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Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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Citizens May Order
When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

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When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.
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