Anti war Quote by Baron de Montesquieu

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

— Charles de Secondat

It is a mistake to assume that government must necessarily last forever. The institution marks a certain stage of civilization-is natural to a particular…

— Herbert Spencer

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.

— Will Durant

That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered at. It…

— Abraham Lincoln

When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

All political institutions are manifestations and materializations of power; they petrify and decay as soon as the living power of the people ceases to…

— Hannah Arendt

The theory of government changes with general progress.

— Ulysses S. Grant

That government is best which governs the least, so taught the courageous founders of this nation. This simple declaration is diametrically opposed to the…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Let the entire system of government be strengthened, and let the balance of power be drawn up in such a manner that it will…

— Simon Bolivar

Every government is perpetually degenerating towards corruption, from which it must be rescued at certain periods by the resuscitation of its first principles, and…

— Samuel Johnson

“The most durable kind of change is that which is people-driven. In each of our transitions - from colonialism to independence, to development and…

— SBYudhoyono

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few,…

— James Mill