In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect.

In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.

In the birth of societies it is the chiefs of states who give it its special character; and afterward it is this special character that forms the chiefs of state.

In constitutional states, liberty is compensation for heavy taxes; in dictatorships, the subsititue is light taxes.

The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.

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

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.