Every country has the government it deserves.

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Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.

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A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none.

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There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.

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Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.

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If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil.

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All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.

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It is one of man's curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them.

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I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep.

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There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.

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