3 Denis Diderot Quotes on Leadership

Denis Diderot quotes on leadership

8. The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid.

16. Justice is the first virtue of those who command, and stops the complaints of those who obey.

73. The general interest of the masses might take the place of the insight of genius if it were allowed freedom of action.