I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.Charles de Secondat
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
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Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.
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If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
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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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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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