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.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUBetter 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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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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When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person… there can be no liberty.
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Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
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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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Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
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Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.
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Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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Virtue has needs of limits.
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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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The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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In the state of nature… all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.
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Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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