"Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad."
― Denis Diderot
Topic(s):
Government
― Denis Diderot
More From Denis Diderot
- "No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings."
- "Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild."
- "Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth."
More In Government
- "Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule."― Edward Gibbon
- "I had these kind of unrealistic expectations that were fueled by romantic comedies, and it has both helped me and hurt me in many ways. It helped me because, in general, they’ve made me hopeful. I just figure things will eventually work out for me. But nobody is like any Tom Hanks character. Nobody is Hugh Grant. No one is Meg Ryan!"― Mindy Kaling
- "I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that’s what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school."― Mindy Kaling