Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
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The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation.Charles de Secondat
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
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There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
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Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans.
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Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
Charles de Secondat
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.
Charles de Secondat
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