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Charles de Secondat
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"The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests."
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Charles de Secondat
Topic(s):
Peace
"Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people."
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Charles de Secondat
Topic(s):
Men
"The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles."
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Charles de Secondat
Topic(s):
Government
"There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic."
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Charles de Secondat
Topic(s):
Government
"But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go."
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Charles de Secondat
Topic(s):
Experience
"A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death."
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Charles de Secondat
Topic(s):
Death
"As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war."
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Charles de Secondat
Topic(s):
Equality
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