A prince who loves and fears religion is a lion who stoops to the hand that strokes or to the voice that appeases him. He who fears and hates religion is like the savage beast that growls and bites the chain, which prevents his flying on the passenger. He who has no religion at all is that terrible animal who perceives his liberty only when he tears in pieces, and when he devours.
Baron de MontesquieuWhen God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.
Baron de MontesquieuThe deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.
Baron de Montesquieu