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That Law, therefore, is highly beneficial to the Community where it is established, which ordains that every Man shall be judged by his Peers and Equals. For when the Fate of a Citizen is in Question, all Prejudices arising from the Difference of Rank or Fortune should be stifled; because they ought to have no Influence between the Judges and the Parties accused.

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From the age of ten, Peter III was partial to drink.

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I like to praise and reward loudly, to blame quietly.

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Assuredly men of merit are never lacking at any time, for those are the men who manage affairs, and it is affairs that produce the men. I have never searched, and I have always found under my hand the men who have served me, and for the most part I have been well served.

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Catherine the Great

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Born: April 21, 1729
Died: November 6, 1796 (aged 67)
Bio: Catherine II of Russia, also known as Catherine the Great, was the most renowned and the longest-ruling female leader of Russia, reigning from 1762 until her death in 1796 at the age of 67.
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liberty, laws, citizen, people, man, mind, love, affairs, whatsoever, equality, guilty, form, time, power, subject

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