Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.
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Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.Charles de Montesquieu
Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.
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It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
Charles de Montesquieu
It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
Charles de Montesquieu
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
Charles de Montesquieu
The severity of the laws prevents their execution.
Charles de Montesquieu
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