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Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

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Men in excess of happiness or misery are equally inclined to severity. Witness conquerors and monks! It is mediocrity alone, and a mixture of prosperous and adverse fortune that inspire us with lenity and pity.
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Inspire Men Mixtures
The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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Justice Protection Tyranny
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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Men People Teamwork
We ought to be very cautious and circumspect in the prosecution of magic and heresy. The attempt to put down these two crimes may be extremely perilous to liberty.
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Magic Two Wisdom
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
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Abuse Authority Men
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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God Philosophical Two Sides
There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
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Executrix Judging Liberty Separate
Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
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Government Liberty Political
If you run after wit, you will succeed in catching folly.
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Catching Running Succeed
Trade is the best cure for prejudice.
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Cures Prejudice Trade
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
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.
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Given Philosophical Talent
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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Government Order Political
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
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.
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Country Fertility Liberty
Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
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Contract Expectation Friendship

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