Quotes by : Charles de Secondat

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and....

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

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

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 same time....

Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of....

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry....

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

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