Charles de Secondat Quotes


But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go. Charles de Secondat Power 100
Power ought to serve as a check to power. Charles de Secondat Power 89
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason. Charles de Secondat Religion 85
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations. Charles de Secondat Society 79
The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles. Charles de Secondat Government 78
A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death. Charles de Secondat Death 76
Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people. Charles de Secondat Men 73
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature. Charles de Secondat Nature 71
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war. Charles de Secondat Equality 68
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves. Charles de Secondat Society 66
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic. Charles de Secondat Government 50
Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them? Charles de Secondat Religion 48
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests. Charles de Secondat Peace 45
The state of slavery is in its own nature bad. Charles de Secondat Nature 41
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. Charles de Secondat Politics 41
People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout. Charles de Secondat Religion 27

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