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Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.

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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.
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In the matter of dress one should always keep below one's ability.
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The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour's reading would not dissipate.
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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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There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines they feel.
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Luxury ruins republics poverty, monarchies.
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In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.
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Life was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
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Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
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The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.
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Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
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Europe is a state with several provinces
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It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.
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