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Baron de Montesquieu Quotes: A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
         

A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.


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It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.

It is necessary from the very nature of things that power should be a check to power.



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.



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.



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.



Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.



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.



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.



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.



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

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



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.





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Do the best you can. And remember that the greatest asset you have in this world is those children who you've brought into the world, and for whose nurture and care you're responsible.

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Anybody who French bashes just might as well wear a badge that says 'I am a follower! I don't think for myself and I have no idea what I'm talking about.' That would be a French basher.

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Let us return to our eagle's nest in the Himalayas. It is waiting for us, for it is ours, eaglets of Europe, we need not renounce any part of our real nature...whence we formerly took our flight.

Let us return to our eagle's nest in the Himalayas. It is waiting for us, for it is ours, eaglets of Europe, we need not renounce any part of our real nature...whence we formerly took our flight.



Justice is the idea of God, the ideal of man, the rule of conduct writ in the nature of mankind.

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