“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.”
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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.
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us.
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.
