philosophy Quotes

There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

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

The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation.

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

I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.

The severity of the laws prevents their execution.

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.