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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

Baron de Montesquieu

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Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.
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Nature Proportion Rewards
When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Law Manners Want
It is unreasonable … to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.
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Defense Men Reason
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
They who assert that a blind fatality produced the various effects we behold in this world talk very absurdly; for can anything be more unreasonable than to pretend that a blind fatality could be productive of intelligent beings.
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Blind Intelligent World
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
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Animal Compassion Power
There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.
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Law Name Tyrant
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
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Politics Republic Wisdom
Happy the people whose annals are tiresome.
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History People Vacant
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
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Freedom Liberty Missing
Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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Confidence Hands Mediocrity
Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.
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Lunch Paris Philosophical
Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.
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Enjoy Government Liberty
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
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Animal Men Society
The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
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Deed Majority Men

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