There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently monarchical, but in reality it is more oppressive than monarchy, as the experience of all ages and countries evinces.

I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.

The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.

There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

The state is the association of men, and not men themselves; the citizen may perish, and the man remain.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.