Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
That anyone who possesses power has a tendency to abuse it is an eternal truth. They tend to go as far as… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The culminating point of administration is to know well how much power, great or small, we ought to use in all circumstances. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
When the savages of Louisiana wish to have fruit, they cut the tree at the bottom and gather the fruit. That is exactly a… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
When virtue is banished, ambition invades the minds of those who are disposed to receive it and avarice possesses the whole community. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Christianity stamped its character on jurisprudence; for empire has ever a connection with the priesthood. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations derived from the nature of things. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
