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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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Civil War Kingdoms War
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.
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Luxury Poverty Republic
The English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
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Busy English Polite Time
There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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Country Men Nothing Worth
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Knowing Long Success
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.
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Age Men Passion
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.
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Arguing People Religion
Sometimes a man who deserves to be looked upon because he is a fool is despised only because he is a lawyer.
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Despise Fool Law Men
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies.
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Luxury Republic Tyrants
Europe is a state with several provinces
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Country Province Several State
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood.
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Character Connections Jurisprudence
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Children Holy Imputed Instruct Perform
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude… we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Gratitude Men Ties
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
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Institutions Shapes States

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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