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

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

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.

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

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

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

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...

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

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.

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...

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,...

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

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

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

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