Culture Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about culture.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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When societies are born, the leaders of a State are the ones who give it its special character. Later, this special character is what shapes the heads of state.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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When one seeks so much the way to become feared, one always finds first the way to become hated.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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More states have perished due to the depravity of customs than from the violation of laws.

Montesquieu

Montesquieu

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When a government lasts a long time, it decomposes slowly and imperceptibly.

Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore

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I would defend the law, even if it were just to protect myself from myself.

Alberto Moravia

Alberto Moravia

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Interestingly, voters do not feel responsible for the failures of the government they have voted for.

Christopher Morley

Christopher Morley

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In politics, you always have to choose between two evils.

Enrique Múgica Herzog

Enrique Múgica Herzog

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Democracy is not silence, it is the clarity with which problems are exposed and the existence of means to solve them.

Edward R. Murrow

Edward R. Murrow

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Everyone is a prisoner of their own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices, simply recognize them.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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Civilization does not last because men are only interested in its results: anesthetics, automobiles, radio. But nothing that civilization provides is the natural fruit of an endemic tree. Everything is the result of an effort. A civilization only endures if many contribute their collaboration to the effort. If everyone prefers to enjoy the fruit, civilization sinks.

José Ortega y Gasset

José Ortega y Gasset

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Democracy [...] as a political norm seems like an optimal thing. But [...] of democracy in thought and deed, democracy in the heart and in custom, is the most dangerous disease that a society can suffer.

Love for the homeland is more evident than reason itself.