Famous quotes containing the words national, nature and/or reserve:
“Ignorance, forgetfulness, or contempt of the rights of man are the only causes of public misfortunes and of the corruption of governments.”
—French National Assembly. Declaration of the Rights of Man (drafted and discussed Aug. 1789, published Sept. 1791)
“Such is the nature and make-up of the French that they are only good at the start. Then they are worse than devils, but, given time, theyre less than women.”
—François Rabelais (14941553)
“We must reserve a back shop all our own, entirely free, in which to establish our real liberty and our principal retreat and solitude.”
—Michel de Montaigne (15331592)
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