Power ought to serve as a check to power.
(Montesquieu: De I’esprit des lois.)
Κατηγορία: Politics
Hugo von Hoffmannsthal, «Powerful imaginations…»
Powerful imaginations are conservative.
(Hugo von Hofmannsthal: The Book of Friends.)
Bertrand Russell, «Extreme hopes…»
Extreme hopes are born of extreme misery.
(Bertrand Russell: Unpopular Essays.)
Daniel George, «O Freedom…»
O Freedom,
what liberties are taken in thy name!
(Daniel George: The Perpetual Pessimist.)
Montesquieu, «Liberty…»
Liberty is the right to do
whatever the law permits.
(Montesquieu: De I’esprit des his.)
Lamartine, «Political passions…»
Private passions grow tired
and wear themselves out;
political passions, never.
(Lamartine.)
Martin Luther King, «Dream…»
I have a dream today.
(Martin Luther King.)