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Niels Ditlev Riegels
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“The despair, concentrated at the beginning of the 18th century, did not erupt until its end, but then it erupted violently and terrifyingly.”
Niels Ditlev Riegels (1755–1802) first seen 1795 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On the French Revolution, Udkast til Fierde Friderichs Historie, bind 1, 1795, s. 46
“Who can deny that absolute power requires a high degree of wisdom and masculine justice in order to be used and enjoyed justly and lovingly, to the point that man seems to have been created too weak to bear it”
Niels Ditlev Riegels (1755–1802) first seen 1792 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Forsøg til Femte Christians Historie, 1792, s. 4
“History has shown that of all human beings, none have been more subject to whims than unruly rulers; for while those who surround the thrones create, establish, and control the whims of rulers, they control the people through them.”
Niels Ditlev Riegels (1755–1802) first seen 1792 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Forsøg til Femte Christians Historie, 1792, s. 4