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I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself
Baron de Montesquieu
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When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
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...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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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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There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.
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As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality.
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