Collection of phrases and quotes about culture.
Civilization is the victory of persuasion over force.
The legislator should not aim for the happiness of a certain order of citizens to the exclusion of others, but the happiness of all.
We have shaped you (politicians) in the interest of the State as much as in your own, so that you may be in our Republic both our leaders and your own kings.
The masterpiece of injustice is to appear just without being so.
Good faith is the foundation of every society, perfidy is the plague.
The acquittal of the guilty is the condemnation of the judge.
A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns.
The general must be considered, and the soldier obedient.
Where there is little justice, it is dangerous to be right.
To be a tyrant is not to be, but to cease to be, and to make everyone else cease to be.
Criminals do less harm than a bad judge.
Justice is a constant and perpetual willingness to give each one what is due to them.