Montesquieu - If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not ...

Montesquieu Zitate

If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.

Montesquieu

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Wenn ich etwas wüsste, das meiner Nation dienen könnte, aber ein anderes ruinieren würde, würde ich es meinem Fürsten nicht vorschlagen, denn ich bin zuerst ein Mann und nur dann ein Franzose ... weil ich notwendigerweise ein Mann bin und nur aus Versehen bin Französisch.

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