Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with … - Baron de Montesquieu

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In and out of government, I've always been willing to take on complicated, sometimes unpopular, issues and work them through to have a solution.

Baron de Montesquieu

Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.

Government, People, Favors, Humor, Comfortable, Favor

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If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

Thinking, People, Would Be, Happier, Easy

The less men think, the more they talk.

Philosophical, Men, Thinking, Talk, Think

The alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.

Citizens, Health, Kind, Men, Naked, State

They who love to inform themselves, are never idle. Though I have no business of consequence to take care of, I am nevertheless continually employed. I spend my life in examining things: I write down in the evening whatever I have remarked, what I have seen, and what I have heard in the day: every thing engages my attention, and every thing excites my wonder: I am like an infant, whose organs, as yet tender, are strongly affected by the slightest objects.

Writing, Evening, Attention, Things, Heard, Love

Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.

Government, Order, Political, Tranquillity, Opinion

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