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Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded."

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us."

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.




Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it."

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.




Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law."

In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the protection of the law.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century."

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions."

For a country, everything will be lost when the jobs of an economist and a banker become highly respected professions.




Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power."

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition."

Knowledge humanizes mankind, and reason inclines to mildness; but prejudices eradicate every tender disposition.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality."

Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow."

That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as the barriers will allow.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone."

An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.




Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Law should be like death, which spares no one."

Law should be like death, which spares no one.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Solemnity is the shield of idiots"

Solemnity is the shield of idiots



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it."

The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise."

To succeed in the world we must look foolish but be wise.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?"

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "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."

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.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves."

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice."

The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality."

Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing."

There are countries where a man is worth nothing; there are others where he is worth less than nothing.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty."

When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously."

I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "An injustice to one is a threat made to all"

An injustice to one is a threat made to all



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf."

The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth."

I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing."

In republican governments, men are all equal; equal they are also in despotic governments: in the former, because they are everything; in the latter, because they are nothing.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour."

It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them."

The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides."

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are."

If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself"

I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight."

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight."

Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality."

Virtue in a republic is the love of one's country, that is the love of equality.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy."

In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided."

There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "The state of slavery is in its own nature bad."

The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour's reading would not dissipate."

Study has been for me the sovereign remedy against all the disappointments of life. I have never known any trouble that an hour's reading would not dissipate.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear."

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly."

Passion makes us feel, but never see clearly.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect."

The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half."

Lunch kills half of Paris, supper the other half.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost."

...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 Montesquieu Quotes: "I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death."

I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free."

Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune."

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.



Baron De Montesquieu Quotes: "When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws."

When one wants to change manners and customs, one should not do so by changing the laws.