Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEURepublics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.
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The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
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It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.
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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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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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Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.
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I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
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The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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Virtue is necessary to a republic.
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Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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