Famous Charles de Secondat Quotes

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.
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A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death.
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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.
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There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
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The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.
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Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.
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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.
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When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.
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Power ought to serve as a check to power.
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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.
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