Talk:Louis de Bonald

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"Monarchy considers man in his ties with society; a republic considers man independently of his relations to society."

"There was geometry in the world before Newton, and philosophy before Descartes, but before language there was absolutely nothing but bodies and their images, because language is the necessary instrument of every intellectual operation – nay, the means of every moral existence."

"Man thinks his word before he speaks his thought, or, in other words, man cannot speak his thought without thinking his word."

"The deist is a man who in his short existence has not had time to become an atheist."

"Absolute liberty of the press is a tax upon those who read. It is demanded only by those who write."

"The cry 'Liberty, equality, fraternity or death!' was much in vogue during the Revolution. Liberty ended by covering France with prisons, equality by multiplying titles and decorations, and fraternity by dividing us. Death alone prevailed."

"Wherever there are many machines to take the place of men, many men will be mere machines. The effects of machines, in sparing men, must be to diminish the population."

"A government should do little for the pleasures of the people, enough for their needs, and everything for their virtues." Biohistorian15 (talk) 17:41, 4 May 2024 (UTC)