“It is certain that despotism ruins individuals by preventing them from producing wealth much more than by depriving them of what they have already produced; it dries up the source of riches, while it usually respects acquired property. Freedom, on the contrary, produces far more goods than it destroys; and the nations which are favored by free institutions invariably find that their resources increase even more rapidly than their taxes.” CertainIndividualNationsWealthProduceSourceTaxesResourcesIncreaseInstitutionsPropertyRichesContraryRuinsGoodsDespotismPreventingDepriving Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“As the observance of divine institutions is the cause of the greatness of republics, so the disregard of them produces their ruin; for where the fear of God is wanting, there the country will come to ruin, unless it be sustained the fear of the prince, which temporarily supply the want of religion.” WantCountryCausesGreatnessProduceDivineInstitutionsRuinsRepublicDisregardObservance Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.” ProduceIndustryRaisedReputationRuinsRelaxAccuracyNegligence Author:Ben Jonson