"Society is the union of men and not the men themselves."
-Charles de Secondat
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"Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.“
-Charles de Secondat
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"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
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"Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?"
-Charles de Secondat
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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
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"Power ought to serve as a check to power."
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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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