philosophy Quotes

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

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.

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.

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

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.

A man should be mourned at his birth, not at his death.

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