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The Big List Of Quotes On Justice
Gathering from greats such as Plato, Thomas Hobbes, Émile Durkheim, and others, we come to a list of quotes on the topic of justice that should serve as a guide to any…
The Big List Of Quotes From The Federalist Papers
‘The Federalist Papers’ were originally written by Jay, Madison, and Hamilton as a series of 85 essays, and published under the collective pseudonym “Publius”, in New York newspapers, between October 27, 1787…
The Big List Of Frederic Bastiat Quotes
“The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else.” – Frédéric Bastiat Frédéric Bastiat, the 19th-century French economist and philosopher, possessed a rare gift:…
The Big List Of Montesquieu Quotes
“The society is the union of men and not the men themselves; the citizen may perish and the man remain.” – Montesquieu Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, stands among the titans…
The Big List Of John Rawls Quotes
“There is no antinomy between freedom and reason.” – John Rawls In the landscape of 20th-century political philosophy, few thinkers have shaped our understanding of justice as profoundly as John Rawls. His seminal…
The Big List Of Bertrand de Jouvenel Quotes
Today we share the political philosophy of Bertrand de Jouvenel (1903-1987) from his work ‘Sovereignty: An Inquiry Into The Political Good’, which was originally published in 1957. Bertrand de Jouvenel was one…
The Big List Of Karl Marx Quotes
Today we share the political philosophy of Karl Marx (1818-1883) from his famous work ‘The Communist Manifesto’, which was originally published in 1848. Karl Marx was a philosopher, economist, and sociologist known…
The Big List Of Thomas Hobbes Quotes
“Covenants, without the sword, are but words and of no strength to secure a man at all.” – Thomas Hobbes Today we share the words of English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) from…
The Big List Of Adam Smith Quotes
Today we share the words of Adam Smith (1723–1790) from his famous work ‘The Wealth of Nations’, which was originally published in 1776. Adam Smith, often referred to as the “father of…