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Author - Charles de Secondat
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War
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and....
Almost
The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.
Ought
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
Republican
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
Mass
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
Time
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time....
Human
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of....
Man
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry....
Democracy
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
Themselves
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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