Where Does Strength Lie, Blaise?
A French Theologian Answers
Unknown artist. Portrait of Blaise Pascal. A copy of the painting of François II Quesnel, which was made for Gérard Edelinck. 1691/Wikimedia Commons
The queen of the world is force, not opinion, but opinion is recognized only when it employs force.
Blaise Pascal (1623–62) was a mathematician, physicist, and theologian. He was a pillar of French thought and literature and a founder of probability theory.