Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUI have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
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It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
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Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.
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Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
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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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