Quotes By Charles De Secondat
In bodies moved, the motion is received, increased, diminished, or lost, according to the relations of the quantity of matter and velocity; each diversity is uniformity, each change is constancy.
Charles de Secondat
If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French.
Charles de Secondat
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
Charles de Secondat
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
There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.
Charles de Secondat