Charles de Secondat

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"The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation."
― Charles de Secondat
Topic(s): War
"There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked."
― Charles de Secondat
Topic(s): War
"The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed."
― Charles de Secondat
Topic(s): Success
"Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations."
― Charles de Secondat
Topic(s): Strength
"Society is the union of men and not the men themselves."
― Charles de Secondat
Topic(s): Society
"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
Topic(s): Religion
"Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?"
― Charles de Secondat
Topic(s): Religion
"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
Topic(s): Religion
"Power ought to serve as a check to power."
― Charles de Secondat
Topic(s): Power
"When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy."
― Charles de Secondat
Topic(s): Politics

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