Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be...

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be...

The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner...

The best example of democracy I can recall is five wolves sitting down to dinner...

Happiness is right around the corner. One day you will find someone who will treat...

Happiness is right around the corner. One day you will find someone who will treat...

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

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

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

People ask me all the time, 'What are you, a Democrat or a Republican? A...

People ask me all the time, 'What are you, a Democrat or a Republican? A...

But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your...

But if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, they are your...

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common...

Greatness, generally speaking, is an unusual quantity of a usual quality grafted upon a common...

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.