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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.

Baron de Montesquieu

I acknowledge that history is full of religious wars: but we must distinguish; it is not the multiplicity of religions which has produced these wars; it was the intolerating spirit which animated that one which thought she had the power of governing.
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Religious Spirit War
The less men think, the more they talk.
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Men Philosophical Thinking
Ever since the invention of gunpowder.. I continually tremble lest men should, in the end, uncover some secret which would provide a short way of abolishing mankind, of annihilating peoples and nations in their entirety.
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Gunpowder Men Secret
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
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Anger Men Society
At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.
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Country Debt World
There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.
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Civil War Kingdoms War
Vanity and pride of nations; vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous.
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Government Pride Vanity
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
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Abuse Evil Men
It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
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Country Difficult Equal United States
If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.
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Children Holy Imputed Instruct Perform
The pagan religion, which prohibited only some of the grosser crimes, and which stopped the hand but meddled not with the heart, might have crimes that were inexplicable.
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Hands Heart might
If I knew something that would serve my country but would harm mankind, I would never reveal it; for I am a citizen of humanity first and by necessity, and a citizen of France second, and only by accident
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Country Humanity Patriotism
I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself.
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Another Execute Impossible Maxims
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
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Age Birthday People
Thus the creation, which seems an arbitrary act, supposes laws as invariable as those of the fatality of the Atheists. It would be absurd to say that the Creator might govern the world without those rules, since without them it could not subsist.
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Atheism Atheist Law
The English are busy folk; they have no time in which to be polite.
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Busy Polite Time

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.

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