"There is as yet no liberty if the……" — Baron de Montesquieu
"There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix"
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145 Quotes by Baron de Montesquieu
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- Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody
- An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.
- The coffee is prepared in such a way that it makes those who drink it witty: at least there is…
- Laws, in their most general signification, are the necessary relations arising from the nature of things. In this sense all…
- I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.
- Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.
- The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.
- Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.
- We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts…
- There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy,…
- There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone…
- The incomparable stupidity of life teaches us to love our parents; divine philosophy teaches us to forgive them.
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