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There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.

Baron de Montesquieu

In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil law.
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Government Law Three
Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
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Cutting Politics Progression Smooth
To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.
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Looks Success Wise
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
The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.
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Crime People Progress
Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
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Giving Law Made
It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.
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Government Men Needs
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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Future Life Philosophical
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.
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Aggression Order Two War
Honor sets all the parts of the body politic in motion, and by its very action connects them; thus each individual advances the public good, while he only thinks of promoting his own interest.
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Body Honor Thinking
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Humanity Law Men
The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.
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Commerce Communication People
I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.
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Enough Reason Sophisticated
The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
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Law Philosophical Spirit
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions
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Coffee People Wise
Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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Country Republic Virtue

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