As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.

I shall be obliged to wander to the right and to the left, that I may investigate and discover the truth.

The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing tests of the civilisation of any country.

Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.

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.

As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.

Virtue is necessary to a republic.