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An injustice to one is a threat made to all

Baron de Montesquieu

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The less men think, the more they talk.
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The state is the association of men, and not men themselves the citizen may perish, and the man remain.
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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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The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
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