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• Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.

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  Fall, Democracy, Spirit

  Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.153, Library of Alexandria

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• Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.

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  Religious, War, Religion

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• For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.

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  Country, Jobs, Bankers

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• Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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  Philosophical, Law, Liberty

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• Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

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  Abuse, Liberty, Abuse Of Power

  Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, baron de, Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu (2005). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.184, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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• The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

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  Wisdom, Democracy, Apathy

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• Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.

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  Comeback, Insult, Sexuality

  "Lettres Persanes" by Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu, No. 3. (Zachi writing to Usbek), 1721.

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• An injustice to one is a threat made to all

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  Injustice, Made, Threat

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• A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

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  Freedom, Missing, Liberty

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• Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.

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  Prejudice, Reason, Disposition

  Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, baron de, Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu (2005). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.294, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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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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  Country, Humanity, Patriotism

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• Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.

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  Passion, Feels

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• When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

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  Luxury, Government, Long

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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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  Fear, Silly, Men

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• It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.

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  Learning, Science, Men

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

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  Country, Men

  Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.539, Library of Alexandria

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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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  Law, Republic, Corruption

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• No tyranny is more cruel than the one practised in the shadow of the laws and under color of justice - when, so to speak, one proceeds to drown the unfortunate on the very plank by which they had saved themselves. And since a tyrant never lacks instruments for his tyranny, Tiberius always found judges ready to condemn as many people as he might suspect.

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  Tyrants, Color, Law

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• It is unreasonable ... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.

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  Men, Defense, Reason

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• 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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  War, Order, Two

  "Persian Letters". No. 95, 1721.

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• Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody

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  Clever, Injustice, Threat

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• There is hardly any grief that an hour's reading will not dissipate.

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  Grief, Reading, Hours

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• Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).

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• What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

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  Philosophical, Depth, Public Speaking

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• Power should be a check on power.

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  Evil, Good And Evil, Checks

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