Countries Quote by Baron de Montesquieu Download Open image “Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.” — Baron de Montesquieu ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Countries Countries Cultivated Country Fertility Fertility Liberty Freedom Liberty Proportion Proportion Fertility
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nations, like plants and human beings, grow. And if the development is thwarted they are dwarfed and overshadowed. — Claude McKay Copy Share Image
If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, then this country can hardly witness harmony and… — Wen Jiabao Copy Share Image
Many African smallholder farmers did not share in the 'green revolution' productivity gains driven by modern seeds and techniques, irrigation, and greater fertilizer use… — Arancha Gonzalez Copy Share Image
If fertility drops much below 2.1 babies per woman, the population will shrink unless it is offset by higher immigration. For this reason, a… — Greg Ip Copy Share Image
“Nobody adores fertilizer. Nobody devotes their life to fertilizer (unless they own a fertilizer company). But, shit, you need it to grow the crops.… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
As it is with an individual, so it is with a nation. One must produce to have, or one will become a have-not. — Henry George Copy Share Image
A country that cannot feed itself cannot have self-pride, and in the mid-'60s 20 percent of all the wheat produced in America came into… — Jairam Ramesh Copy Share Image
No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its… — Michelle Obama 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
The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries. — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision, and they… — Salman Khurshid Copy Share Image
We do not know which irresponsible Israeli prime minister will take office and decide to use nuclear weapons in the struggle against neighboring Arab… — Mordechai Vanunu Copy Share Image
It's important for American soldiers to be culturally sensitive when deployed in foreign countries. But it's just as important for the U.S. never to… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism. — Anatoly Chubais Copy Share Image
It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of… — Ahmed Ben Bella Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you're in different countries, everything has become so homogenised and there's a Starbucks and McDonald's everywhere, and you could feel like you're… — Will Yun Lee Copy Share Image
It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
We immerse ourselves in escapist mass entertainment, such as 'reality T.V.' programs. We support fanatical politicians and preachers. Our politicians, in turn, support dictators… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
In other countries, it's a common thing to have outcast children running around the streets in packs, and I don't think we're so far… — Penelope Spheeris Copy Share Image
In view of China's growing military strength and intentions, the best way to safeguard Asia's permanent peace and prosperity is to have all Asian… — Jim Costa Copy Share Image