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> [“I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/i-can-assure-you-that-no-kingdom-has-ever-had-as-many-civil-wars-as/)

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## More by Montesquieu

> [“Every man is capable of doing good to another, but to contribute to the happiness of an entire society is to become akin to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/every-man-is-capable-of-doing-good-to-another-but-to-contribute-to/)

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> [“We are so blind that we know neither when to mourn, nor when to rejoice; our mirth and our sadness are nearly always false.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/we-are-so-blind-that-we-know-neither-when-to-mourn-nor-when-to/)

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> [“The desire for glory is no different from that instinct for preservation that is common to all creatures. It is as if we enhance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/the-desire-for-glory-is-no-different-from-that-instinct-for/)

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> [“The public revenues are a portion that each subject gives of his property, in order to secure or enjoy the remainder.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/the-public-revenues-are-a-portion-that-each-subject-gives-of-his/)

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> [“The right of conquest is not a right. A society can be founded only with the consent of its members. If it is destroyed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/the-right-of-conquest-is-not-a-right-a-society-can-be-founded-only/)

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> [“Nature repairs everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/nature-repairs-everything/)

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> [“One of them said to me once, “I believe in the immortality of the soul for six months at a time; my opinions depend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/one-of-them-said-to-me-once-i-believe-in-the-immortality-of-the-soul/)

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> [“History is full of religious wars; but, we must take care to observe, it was not the multiplicity of religions that produced these wars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/history-is-full-of-religious-wars-but-we-must-take-care-to-observe-it/)

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> [ “\[92\] Plato, in his fourth book of Laws, says that the præfectures of music and gymnic exercises are the most important employments in the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/92-plato-in-his-fourth-book-of-laws-says-that-the-pr-fectures-of/)

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> [“As with their fashions, so is it with their customs and style of living: French manners change with the age of the king. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/as-with-their-fashions-so-is-it-with-their-customs-and-style-of/)

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> [“MOST legislators have been men of inferior capacity whom chance exalted over their fellows, and who took counsel almost exclusively of their own prejudices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/most-legislators-have-been-men-of-inferior-capacity-whom-chance/)

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> [“Democratic and aristocratic states are not in their own nature free. Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments; and even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/democratic-and-aristocratic-states-are-not-in-their-own-nature-free/)

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> [“I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/i-can-assure-you-that-no-kingdom-has-ever-had-as-many-civil-wars-as/)

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> [“I have seen descriptions of Paradise sufficient to make all sensible people give up their hopes of it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/i-have-seen-descriptions-of-paradise-sufficient-to-make-all-sensible/)

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> [“I believe it to be true that if men were virtuous, they would have no friends.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/montesquieu/i-believe-it-to-be-true-that-if-men-were-virtuous-they-would-have-no/)

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