Benjamin Constant
French-Swiss politician, writer on politics and religion (1767-1830)
Henri-Benjamin Constant de Rebecque (October 25, 1767 – December 8, 1830) was a Swiss-born thinker, writer and French politician.
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Quotes
edit- Je ne suis pas la rose, mais j’ai vécu avec elle.
- Translation: I am not the rose, but I have lived near it.
- A. Hayward, Autobiography and Letters of Mrs. Piozzi, Introduction.
External links
edit- Find-A-Grave profile for Benjamin Constant
- Institut Benjamin Constant homepage
- Rebecq liberal
- Works by Benjamin Constant at Project Gutenberg
- Intellectual portrait of B. C. by Emile Faguet (in French)
- The Liberty of the Ancients Compared with that of the Moderns (1819)
- Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments