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Montesquieu

French philosopher

1689–1755

10 quotes, most often on Success, Religion and Laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
The Spirit of the Laws (1748), Book XXIX: Of the Manner of Composing Laws, Chapter 16: Things to be Observed in the Composing of Laws
- Laws
No tyranny is more cruel than the one practiced in the shadow of the laws and under color of justice — when, so to speak, one proceeds to drown the unfortunate on the very plank by which they had saved themselves.
Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline (1734), p. 89
- Justice
- Laws

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