thinkers quotes

Robespierre

Terror without virtue is fatal; virtue without terror is powerless

John Locke

that all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions

Montesquieu

To be great, one has to stand with people, not above them

Beccaria

Every act of authority of one man over another, for which there is not an absolute necessity, it is tyrannical.

Kipling

Take up the white man’s burden-- send forth the best ye breed