The most corrupt state has the most laws.
Author: Tacitus Publius Cornelius
Quotes about power - Page 2
Being left-wing as well as right-wing is one of the myriad ways one can choose to become an imbecile.
Author: Ortega y Gasset Jose
Author: Ortega y Gasset Jose
Tightening punishments is just a futile attempt by narrow minds, by terror, to force respect for the law. Yet it may be observed that the countries in which corporal punishment is most terrible are also the countries in which it is most frequent.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
The moment a ruler or official starts listening to his heart, he becomes a traitor. Nor is he to trust his reason too much; he must not be governed by any rule other than the public interest, i.e., the law.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
The friendship of the broad classes of the people is essential for a ruler, for otherwise he has no one to lean on in evil times.
Author: Machiavelli Niccolo
Author: Machiavelli Niccolo
Despotism backed by good intentions is the best form of government imaginable.
Author: Shaw George Bernard
Author: Shaw George Bernard
Everything contributes to deprive the man who has been raised to rule others of reason and a sense of justice.
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Author: Rousseau Jean Jacques
Morality today means to a large extent political morality. Let us not make a distinction between politics and morality.
Author: Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue
Author: Masaryk Tomáš Garrigue
Politicians are a group of men who, in addition to the interests of the nation, have their own interests and who, at least as a group, are one step removed from honest men.
Author: Lincoln Abraham
Author: Lincoln Abraham
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