It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there is lessneed of virtue than in a popular government, where the person entrusted with the execution of the laws is sensible of his being subject to their direction.

There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.

The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.

When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.

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

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.