Political Writings Quotes

“Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.”
― Marquis de Condorcet, Political Writings

“The ancient laws of nearly every nation are nothing more than offences against justice by the powerful and violations of the rights of all for the interests of the few...”
― Nicolas de Condorcet, Political Writings

“Like men, [women] know how to love freedom, even though they do not share in all its advantages, and, in republics, they have often sacrificed themselves in its cause: they have shown the virtues of true citizens whenever chance or civil unrest have brought them onto a stage which male pride and tyranny have generally prevented them from mounting.”
― Nicolas de Condorcet, Political Writings