“We 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.”
“We 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.”
Charles de Montesquieu
“The less men think, the more they talk.”
Charles de Montesquieu“Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.”
Charles de Montesquieu“In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.”
Charles de Montesquieu“Peace is a natural effect of trade.”
Charles de Montesquieu“Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.”
Charles de Montesquieu“To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.”
Charles de Montesquieu“I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.”
Charles de Montesquieu“There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.”
Charles de Montesquieu“If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.”
Charles de Montesquieu“The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.”
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