There is hardly any grief that an hour’s reading will not dissipate.
BARON DE MONTESQUIEUThere is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.
More Baron de Montesquieu Quotes
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Liberty… is there only when there is no abuse of power.
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Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
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When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.
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Love of the republic in a democracy, is a love of the democracy; love of the democracy is that of equality. Love of the democracy is likewise that of frugality.
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The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.
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I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.
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There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.
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The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.
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An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
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Vitam Impendere Vero (I consecrate my life to truth).
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The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances.
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Mediocrity is a hand-rail.
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When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
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Virtue in a republic is the love of one’s country, that is the love of equality.
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