Open Wiki Open WikiOpen InfoG Open InfoGNew Quote New Quote
Quote from Benjamin Constant,


"Thus arbitrary power will have divided men
of superior intelligence into two groups:
the former will be seditious, the latter corrupt..."


By:

Benjamin Constant (more quotes by Benjamin Constant or books by/about Benjamin Constant)


[Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque] (1767-1830) Swiss-born thinker, writer and French politician.

Source:

The Spirit of Conquest and Usurpation (1814), reprinted in Political Writings, translated and edited by Bancamaria Fontana (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989), p. 126. Later editions than the 1814 one had "despotism" instead of "abitrary power."

Categories:

Hypocrisy, Intelligence, Power

Rating:

Get a Quote-A-Day!
Liberty Quotes sent to your mail box.
Email:  More quotes...