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Quote from Charles de Montesquieu,


"In the state of nature...all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality.
Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law."


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Charles de Montesquieu (more quotes by Charles de Montesquieu or books by/about Charles de Montesquieu)


[Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat] (1689-1755) Baron de Montesquieu

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Equality, French, Justice, Law

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