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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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Government Law Republic
The spirit of commerce… renders every man willing to live on his own property…& prevents the growth of luxury.
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Growth Luxury Men
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.
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Abuse Peace Tendencies
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Different States War
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Law Liberty Philosophical
We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.
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Education School Two
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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Learning Men Science
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
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Birth Death Men Weep
There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
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Another Doors Fortune Window
I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.
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May Obliged Wander
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
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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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