Charles de Secondat
  • Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?

  • 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.

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

  • Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.