Charles de Secondat

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#expense #favor #mode #nature #speaking

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#luxury #monarchies #poverty #republics #through

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. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#another #called #establishment #fortune #gives

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

— Charles de Secondat

#men #themselves #union

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

— Charles de Secondat

#always #begins #decay #deterioration #government

The object of war is victory; that of victory is conquest; and that of conquest preservation. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#object #preservation #victory #war

The state of slavery is in its own nature bad. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#nature #own #slavery #state

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#how #knowing #long #most #succeed

There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#ally #attacked #been #cases #enemy

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

— Charles de Secondat

#despotic #monarchical #republican #species #three