Abuse Quote by Baron de Montesquieu Download Open image “Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.” — Baron de Montesquieu ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Abuse Every man Evil Good and evil Men Power
But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Power is what men seek, and any group that gets it will abuse it. It is the same story. — Lincoln Steffens 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 the barriers… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Most people abuse power. They use power to dominate others. They use power to destroy others. Ultimately when you do this, you lose it. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“One who abuses his power, unaware that one day will be the victim of his own abuses” — Michelangelo Saez Copy Share Image
“Power always and everywhere had had a pernicious, corrupting effect upon men. It "converts a good man in private life to a tyrant in… — Bernard Bailyn 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
I wrote when I was a young teen, but I didn't put an eye on the available markets until I was seventeen. The next… — Robert Reed Copy Share Image
Amongst the financial Twitterati, the term 'muppets' has come to describe any client used and abused by some financial predator. I've adopted the term… — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
It is sure that those are most desirous of honour or glory who cry out loudest of its abuse and the vanity of the… — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
“The sole reason I stand to open it up now is that lots of people who are in pain just like I was, and… — Patricia Dsouza Copy Share Image
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.… — Atifete Jahjaga Copy Share Image
I have a theory that all abuse, no matter what kind of abuse it is, is foremost an assault on the mind. — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
“Stand up for yourself. Never give any one permission to abuse you.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights. — Richard Stallman Copy Share Image
“Words are free. It does not mean you should abuse them. Be kind with them. They will mirror your actions.” — Hadinet Tekie Copy Share Image
My illness is one often characterized by dramatic overspending - in my case through frenzied shopping sprees, credit card abuse, excessive hoarding of unnecessary… — Andy Behrman Copy Share Image
But whether you stay or go, the critical decision you can make is to stop letting your partner distort the lens of your life,… — Lundy Bancroft Copy Share Image
