Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU
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Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.
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Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.
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Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one’s wit at the expense of one’s better nature.
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Law should be like death, which spares no one.
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Law in general is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth: the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases in which human reason is applied.
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Honor is unknown in despotic states.
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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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The life of man is but a succession of vain hopes and groundless fears.
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Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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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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If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
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The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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The less men think, the more they talk.
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