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I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.

Baron de Montesquieu

To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion, and not a civil law.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU

Action Law Lending
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
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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Country Criminals Tests
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
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
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Given Philosophical Talent
It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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Accomplish Adventure Adventurous
In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.
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Liberty Light States
The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
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Administration Power Use
There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.
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Example Law Morality
There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
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Mathematics Three Triangles
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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Philosophical Success Time
An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Human Justice Rights Threat
Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
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Empty Orignal Praise
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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Empires Peace War

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