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The spirit of commerce is frugality, economy, moderation, labor, ponderance, tranquillity, order, and rule. So long as this spirit subsides, the riches it produces have no bad effect. The mischief is when excessive wealth destroys the spirit of commerce, then it is that the conveniences of inequality... are felt.

Baron de Montesquieu
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Baron De Montesquieu's Popular Quotes

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

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When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

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There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.

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The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

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Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

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In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by …

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Law should be like death, which spares no one.

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We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two …

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To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

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