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“Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”

Denis Diderot · Government

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Denis Diderot

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.

Age

Denis Diderot

No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings.

Nature

Denis Diderot

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.

Religion

Denis Diderot

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.

Respect