Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.
I shall ever repeat it, that mankind are governed not by extremes, but by principals of moderation.
There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.