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| Charles-Louis de Montesquieu (1689-1755) was a French writer and jurist. |
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An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war. Charles-Louis de Montesquieu Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones. Charles-Louis de Montesquieu I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve. Charles-Louis de Montesquieu Liberty is the right to do what the law permits. Charles-Louis de Montesquieu Peace is a natural effect of trade. Charles-Louis de Montesquieu The severity of the laws prevents their execution. Charles-Louis de Montesquieu There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion. Charles-Louis de Montesquieu Useless laws weaken the necessary laws. Charles-Louis de Montesquieu |