Lazare Carnot Quote

In a free country there is much clamor with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, but much grievance.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


In a free country there is much clamor with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, but much grievance.

In a free country there is much clamor with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, but much grievance.

In a free country there is much clamor with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, but much grievance.

In a free country there is much clamor with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, but much grievance.