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There are countries where a man is worth nothing there are others where he is worth less than nothing.

Baron de Montesquieu

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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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If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a despotic government.
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Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
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Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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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 incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.
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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
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I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.
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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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There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
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There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.
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There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.
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You have to study a great deal to know a little.
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The less men think, the more they talk.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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What unhappy beings men are! They constantly waver between false hopes and silly fears, and instead of relying on reason they create monsters to frighten themselves with, and phantoms which lead them astray.
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I should like to abolish funerals the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.
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