Baron de Montesquieu Quotes about Giving

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Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

Baron de Montesquieu

Men, Giving, Slavery

Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.313, Library of Alexandria

One more organ or one less in our body would give us a different intelligence. In fact, all the established laws as to why our body is a certain way would be different if our body were not that way.

Baron de Montesquieu

Law, Giving, Body

Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.

Baron de Montesquieu

Law, Giving, Made

Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.569, Library of Alexandria

In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.

Baron de Montesquieu

Leadership, Character, Giving

Baron de Montesquieu Quotes about Giving

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