Enough Quote by Baron de Montesquieu Download Open image “I like peasants-they are not sophisticated enough to reason speciously.” — Baron de Montesquieu ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Enough Naivete Peasants Reason Sophisticated
The Americans never use the word peasant, because they have no idea of the class which that term denotes; the ignorance of more remote… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
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I think a stalwart peasant in sheep-skin coat, born on the soil, whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations, with a stout wife… — Clifford Sifton Copy Share Image
“I wouldn't worry about it too much, son. Certainly not about the peasants and the servants. They don't feel things as we do.” “They're human.” “Barely. They might as well be another species. What would happen without us to keep them in check? They wouldn't work the land. They would be at each other's throat if we weren't there to… — Andrew Ashling Copy Share
Who shall say that those poor peasants were not acting in the spirit we most venerate, most adore; that theirs was not the true… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
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My tastes are not those of the king, who has none, except for hunting and mechanic's labour. — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
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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
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