| Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. |
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- Baron de Montesquieu |
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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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- Baron de Montesquieu |
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| In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of the state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state. |
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- Baron de Montesquieu |
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| A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century. |
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- Baron de Montesquieu |
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