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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.

Baron de Montesquieu

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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Abuse Authority Men
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
The public business must be carried on with a certain motion, neither too quick nor too slow.
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Business Certain Motion Quick Slow
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
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
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Age Birthday People
It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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Accomplish Adventure Adventurous
If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier that other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are. you are comparing your lot with an ideal which is of course better and therefore you feel worse
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Believe Gratitude People
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Checks Ought Power
To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.
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Delight Hours Philosophical
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
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Bad Nature Slavery States
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
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Bigs Favors Friendship
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
Peace is a natural effect of trade.
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Natural Philosophical Trade
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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Cutting Government Tree

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.

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