Quote by Denis Diderot
Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and governme

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

Other quotes by Denis Diderot

It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. – Denis Diderot

Category:
Religion
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

Governments view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. – Ronald Reagan

Category:
Government

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. – Andrew Jackson

Category:
Government

We say to the British government: you have kept those sculptures for almost two centuries. You have cared for them as well as you could, for which we thank you. But now in the name of fairness and morality, please give them back. – Melina Mercouri

Category:
Government

Ive got the greatest job in the world. Theres no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different peoples lives. Its a great challenge. – Michael Bloomberg

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

Conversation may be compared to a lyre with seven chords – philosophy, art, poetry, love, scandal, and the weather. – Anna Jameson

Category:
Poetry

Never have a companion that casts you in the shade. – Baltasar Gracian

Category:
Friendship

When I got Jacobs Latter, I was nervous because I felt I wasnt allowed to fail. I felt that they were waiting for one little failure and that would prove them right and Id be,out of there. – Elizabeth Pena

Category:
Failure

Adults are always so busy with the dull and dusty affairs of life which have nothing to do with grass, trees, and running streams. – The Little Grey Men by BB (Denys Watkins-Pitchford), 1942

Category:
Nature