An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

Montesquieu

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war. - Montesquieu

War Politics Society Humanity

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The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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

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

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

The less men think, the more they talk.

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