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We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.
Montesquieu
Montesquieu
Montesquieu
Born: Jan 18, 1689
Died: Feb 10, 1755

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Albert Camus, Blaise Pascal, Henri Bergson, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Jean-Paul Sartre, Michel de Montaigne, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Simone Weil
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