The larger the state, the smaller the freedom.
freedom of man; It's not because he can do whatever he wants, but because he doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want.
If people were God, they could rule themselves democratically. Since humans are not Gods, a perfect state is not for humans. 28 June 2007
The right to conquer has no serious basis and is recognized only as the right of the strongest.
Nothing is more dangerous than the influence of interest groups.
Those who treat politics and morality differently will never understand both.
The establishment of lasting peace depends entirely on the agreement of the countries. Establishing lasting peace benefits all countries. When an international federation for peace is created, this institution can remain in force for a long time and achieve peace.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
He who promises hard does fast work.
People say life is short, but still they do their best to shorten it.
…I will only ask this: What is philosophy? What do we find in the books of the most well-known philosophers? While listening to them, one thinks that one is among many crooks calling in a market place; Every one of them shouts, "Come to me, the one who comes to me will not be deceived." Some claim that objects do not exist, everything lives in imagination; some claim that it is not free from matter and say that God is the world itself. Someone tries to prove that there is no good or evil in the world, good and evil are just delusions. The other says that humans are monsters; It is not a crime for them to tear and eat each other.
O great philosophers, give these useful lessons only to your own children and friends! Not only will you reap the fruits of your ideas more quickly, but also our children will be freed from the danger of joining your sect.
The general will cannot be destroyed.
True democracy has never existed and never will be.
For real democracy to exist, there had to be a place for that many people to gather. If you cannot gather millions of people in one place, settle for representative democracy.
Deprived of their rights and pleasures, young people replace them with more secret and dangerous ones.
O magnanimous lie! Has the truth ever been so beautiful that it could be chosen over you?
Unhappiness is undoubtedly a great teacher, but this teacher; he makes his lessons pay dearly and the benefit is not worth the money.
For my individual love I give the world, for my freedom I give my love.
Situations that put our duty against our interests and show our benefit to the harm of others should be avoided.
Here I am alone on earth; I am alone with myself; I no longer have a brother, a likeness, a friend, or a society to which I belong. The most compassionate, the friendliest of people was unanimously excluded from these people. With all their hatred, they sought out which torment could touch my sensitive soul more, and cut the ties that bound me to them. I could dodge them even if they didn't want to. They got rid of my love only by dehumanization. Now that they wanted so, they are strangers, unknowns, and nothing to me, but what am I torn from them and from everything?
The money we have is your freedom; The money we run after is the instrument of slavery.
