If political authority is not limited, the division of powers, ordinarily the guarantee of freedom, becomes a danger and a scourge.
Benjamin Constant, Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments
Check all other quotes by Benjamin Constant, Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments
Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.
Embed:Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.
Citation
Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:
MLA Style Citation
"Benjamin Constant, Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sun. 22 Dec. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/If-political-authority-is-not-limited-the-174144>.
Check out
Other quotes you may like
...If there's one thing I'm well versed in it's my own good qualities.
A young man who doesn't have the foresight to seek out the girl he wants to be with and actively pursue her, doesn't deserve her.
The greatest skeptic must now admit that the land and sea-borne trade of India had given her a world-wide fame not only for her gold, spices and silk, but for her religions and philosophies also.
Keep your friends close, your enemies closer, and your family even closer because one of them is a backstabber.
If somebody is deemed more talented within the confines of the school it doesn't mean they're going to have the most successful career.
Time: That which man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.
Have you ever seen the stereotype of the angry yoga teacher? There are some people that are at an 11 and yoga takes them down to a nine. That's me.
Okay, I'll say I would go back in time and bring scientists with me and create a hairspray that would not cause global warming. But it would still give us '80s hair.
A woman impudent and mannish grown Is not more loath'd than an effeminate man.