Liberty is the right to do what the law permits

Quote by Charles De Montesquieu

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To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

To love to read is to exchange hours of ennui for hours of delight.

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from...

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from...

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of...

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of...

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

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.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public...

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would...

If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would...

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...

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...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.

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

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

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life;...

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.

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

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

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...