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

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

— Charles de Secondat

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

— Charles de Secondat

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

— Charles de Secondat

Weak minds exaggerate too much the wrong done to the Africans.

— Charles de Secondat