Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions...

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be...

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be...

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived...

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived...

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool,...

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool,...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law...

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without...

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish...

If one only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish...

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness...

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient...

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient...

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

Men should be bewailed at their birth, and not at their death.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...