193 Quotes by Baron de Montesquieu

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

Trade is the best cure for prejudice.

Wonderful maxim: not to talk of things any more after they are done.

The state of slavery is in its own nature bad.

Honor is unknown in despotic states.

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

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.