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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

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Democracy Nerd People
I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.
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Hate Running Thinking
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
It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.
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Government Law Thinking
Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
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God Religion Thinking
Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
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Citizens May Order
The love of study is in us the only lasting passion. All the others quit us in proportion as this miserable machine which holds them approaches its ruins.
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Machines Passion Ruins
Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Confidence Hands Mediocrity
The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
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Knowing Long Success
[The Pope] will make the king believe that three are only one, that the bread he eats is not bread… and a thousand other things of the same kind.
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Believe Kings Religion
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
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Adventure Empires Greatness
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
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Despotism Honor Political Republic
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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Comeback Insult Sexuality
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
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
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Law Liberty Philosophical

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