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State Quotes by Baron de Montesquieu
- In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that…
- The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.
- As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of…
- Europe is a state with several provinces
- Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
- Each citizen contributes to the revenues of the State a portion of his property in order that his tenure of the rest may be secure.
- In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.
- ...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.
- In the state of nature... all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover…
More State Quotes
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen
- We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law. — Mahmoud Abbas
- O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Teresa of Avila
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.… — Teresa of Avila