Montesquieu Quotes
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Montesquieu Famous Quotes & Sayings
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With truths of a certain kind, it is not enough to make them appear convincing: one must also make them felt. Of such kind are moral truths.
The Tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy
is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of maturer age are already sunk into corruption.
When the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
Every man is capable of doing good to another, but to contribute to the happiness of an entire society is to become akin to the gods
A conqueror, I say, can change the course of everything, and muffled tyranny is the first thing which is liable to violence.
Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?
There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.