Charles de Secondat

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called…

Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between…

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he…

Power ought to serve as a check to power…

Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion…

Society is the union of men and not the men themselves…

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of…

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse…

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

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the…

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in…

There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic…

Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit…