History is full of religious wars; but, we must take care to observe, it was not the multiplicity of religions that prod — Montesquieu, Persian Letters
History is full of religious wars; but, we must take care to observe, it was not the multiplicity of religions that prod — Montesquieu, Persian Letters
History is full of religious wars; but, we must take care to observe, it was not the multiplicity of religions that prod — Montesquieu, Persian Letters
History is full of religious wars; but, we must take care to observe, it was not the multiplicity of religions that prod — Montesquieu, Persian Letters
History is full of religious wars; but, we must take care to observe, it was not the multiplicity of religions that prod — Montesquieu, Persian Letters
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History is full of religious wars; but, we must take care to observe, it was not the multiplicity of religions that produced these wars, it was the intolerating spirit which animated that one which thought she had the power of governing.

— Montesquieu, Persian Letters
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