Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, a... -Denis Diderot

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

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Denis Diderot was a celebrated editor, philosopher, and writer known for his work on the "Encyclopedia," a comprehensive collection of knowledge during the Enlightenment era.

Denis Diderot Quotes to Explore

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it....
When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in paint...
Poetry must have something in it that is barbaric, vast and wild....
The best doctor is the one you run to and can't find....
The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers....
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things....
Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true desi...
Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest....
The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve ...
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it....

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The great awareness comes slowly, piece by piece. The path of spiritual growth is a path of lifelong learning. The experience of spiritual power is ba...
Heart power is stronger than horsepower....
When I went out on tour as Bing Hitler I would hook up with Lenny and we'd get drunk together. He was always very supportive. He was a big star and a ...
Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the li...
With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fas...
Some essential oils, a nice massage followed by a power nap helps me start my Sunday on the right note. After a week full of running around, this beco...
The Negro was a political football between his former slave master and Northern political adventurers. The economic basis of this contest was the powe...
Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place....
Mischief springs from the power which the moneyed interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude of corpora...
In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating....