The spirit of commerce... renders every man willing to live on his own property...& prevents the growth of luxury.
Baron de MontesquieuThe mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.
Baron de MontesquieuThere 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.
Baron de MontesquieuThe deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
Baron de MontesquieuIf you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
Baron de MontesquieuNo 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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