Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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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
Man, as a physical being, is like other bodies governed by invariable laws.
Charles de Secondat
The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.
Charles de Secondat
Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature.
Charles de Secondat
Power ought to serve as a check to power.
Charles de Secondat
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