Politics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
Countries are well cultivated, not as they are fertile, but as they are free.
I have read descriptions of Paradise that would make any sensible person stop wanting to go there.
Power should be a check on power.
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.