"The August Decrees were an improvised parliamentary reaction to an emergency situation."

-- Francois Furet

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“We live in a society in which it is normal to be sick; and sick to be abnormal.”
“History is the shank of the social sciences.”
“We gained his operational capabilities and he gained our marketing skills.”
“In truth, Freud sees nothing and understands nothing.”
“Yes, Israel's our ally. But, are the Palestinians our enemy? No, they are not.”
“No chaos, no creation. Evidence: the kitchen at mealtime.”
“December 21, 2012 represents a unique opportunity for renaissance, renewal and reinvention that people have waited for for centuries.”
“You have to study a great deal to know a little.”

Source : "Pensées et Fragments Inédits de Montesquieu" by Baron de Montesquieu, 1899.

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