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.
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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.
Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu
If triangles had a god, they would give him three sides.
Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu
There should be weeping at a man’s birth, not at his death.
Charles Louis de Secondat Montesquieu