Europe & the World, 1350-1789 "You err in faith. You boast in vanity." The Condemnation of Joan of Arc by the University of Paris, 1431   "...a woman with a mind is fit for all tasks. Christine de Pisan   "Everything that has happened since the marvellous discovery of the Americas...has been so extraordinary.... Las Casas   " 'God gave you therefore the Scriptures, and you do not keep them; He gave us diviners, we do what they tell us, and we live in peace. Mangu Chan quoted by William of Rubruck   "Be diligent...you young people in your studies. Do all you can to learn about the events of the past that are worthy of memory." Leon Battista Alberti   "...I have come to understand why man is the most fortunate of creatures...." Pico della Mirandola   "...princes control their own destiny when they command enough money or men...." Machiavelli     "A mighty fortress is our God...." Luther   "...I have the heart and stomach of a king...." Elizabeth I   "...I cannot avoid seeing that the world is threatened with the extremity of barbarism." Calvin   "Either God is or he is not...." Pascal   "Be it known that of our certain knowledge, full power, and royal authority...." Revocation of the Edict of Nantes, 1685   "Men being...by nature all free, equal and independent...." Locke   "Commerce is a perpetual and peaceable war of wit and energy among all nations." Jean Baptiste Colbert   "...new philosophy calls all in doubt...." Donne  "History tells us who we are." LAR "Cogito, ergo sum" Descartes   "God said, Let Newton be! and all was light." Alexander Pope   "What is tolerance? It is the natural attribute of humanity." Voltaire   "Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed non-age." Kant   "We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." Declaration of Independence, 1776   "My own sex, I hope, will excuse me if I treat them like rational creatures...." Mary Wollstonecraft   "All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings...." Diderot