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States 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…
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- 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
- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur