People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.

As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.

When a government is arrived to that degree of corruption as to be incapable of reforming itself, it would not lose much by being new moulded.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

The love of study is in us the only lasting passion. All the others quit us in proportion as this miserable machine which holds them approaches its ruins.

Peace is a natural effect of trade.

When the [law making] and [law enforcement] powers are united in the same person... there can be no liberty.