Quotes by Diderot, Denis

There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge available to us >>

The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His >>

It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is i >>

Quotations about Despotism

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism -- >>

The real stumbling-block of totalitarian régimes is not the spiritual >>

The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His >>

The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.

Diderot, Denis