Charles de Secondat , French philosopher

said about First, Man, Nation, Ruin...

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"If I knew of something that could serve my nation but would ruin another, I would not propose it to my prince, for I am first a man and only then a Frenchman... because I am necessarily a man, and only accidentally am I French."
- Charles de Secondat

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