Montesquieu Quotes

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

Montesquieu

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: January 18, 1689 - February 10, 1755

Topics

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Every time I get a role I think, 'I've actually fooled them again, I can't believe they keep falling for this!'

Jeremy Irvine

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I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.

Jeanette Winterson

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When I'm about ready to press the cable release on the View camera, I've tried to anticipate some of the challenges I'm going to encounter in the darkroom.

John Sexton

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Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith.

Stephen Baldwin

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Nobody wants to be in a position of defending anything Fox might do for minorities.

Roger Ailes

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I'm not afraid of any competition. I'm not going to be intimidated by any player or team. That is fundamental in football if you want to do well.

Ruben Loftus-Cheek

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I'm not that worried about war. Insecurity is the word I would use - insecurity and tension and conflict. I thought civilized people had abandoned wars. Sometimes people don't make rational decisions.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

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I love experimenting with different hair styles and going clothes shopping.

Jazz Jennings

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I don't think of investing in Cuba after all the hardships of the people there as a profit-making thing for us. I have thought of it as revitalizing the island.

Jorge M. Perez

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My children come first and the career comes in around that.

Diana Ross

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I want to be affirmatively proud of what I have made my way through. And to do that, in the same way I had to tell my father and my family and my friends that I was gay, I need to not hide this anymore.

Christine Quinn

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Being a father can 'unreason' your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that can create all sorts of fun and insights. It's sad that children's open-eyed wonder and sense of play begin to fade as they approach adolescence. One grand function of fathering is to keep the fading to a minimum.

Clyde Edgerton

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