38 Quotes by Charles de Secondat

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.

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans.

Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.

Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.

I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.

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.

Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit.