A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUA man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEULiberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUGreat commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEULife was given to me as a favor, so I may abandon it when it is one no longer.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe English are busy; they don’t have time to be polite.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe alms given to a naked man in the street do not fulfil the obligations of the state, which owes to every citizen a certain subsistence, a proper nourishment, convenient clothing, and a kind of life not incompatible with health.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEU…when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUWe 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.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUBetter it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEURepublics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUVitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThe pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUI shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUIt is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.
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