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There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.

Baron de Montesquieu

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
In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.
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Government Law Republic
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
It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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Checks Power Should
An injustice to one is a threat made to all
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Injustice Made Threat
Those who have few affairs to attend to are great speakers. The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Talking Thinking
The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Law Mankind Wickedness
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
The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is not a single soul who, on quitting the house, does not believe himself four times wittier that when he entered it.
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Believe Coffee Witty
I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.
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Philosophical Success Wise
Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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Giving Law Made
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Luxury Perfect Republic
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Depth Philosophical Public Speaking
A fondness for reading changes the inevitable dull hours of our life into exquisite hours of delight.
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Delight Dull Reading
If triangles had a god, he would have three sides.
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God Three Triangles
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
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Honesty Integrity War

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