Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear: as a man begets a man, and a beast a beast, that society of men which constitutes a government upon the foundation of justice, virtue, and the common good, will always have men to promote those ends; and that which intends the advancement of one man's desire and vanity, will abound in those that will foment them.

That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.

Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.

[I]f vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established.

God leaves to Man the choice of Forms in Government; and those who constitute one Form, may abrogate it.

Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?

Liars need to have good memories.