For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not

Nor need it cause surprise that things disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable to many corruptions and diseases, and the things in question are not really pleasant, but only pleasant to these particular persons, who are in a condition to think them so.

All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature.

Nature of man is not what he was born as, but what he is born for.

... the good for man is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, or if there are more kinds of virtue than one, in accordance with the best and most perfect kind.

Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.

In inventing a model we may assume what we wish, but should avoid impossibilities.