The crime against nature will never make any great progress in society unless people are prompted to it by some particular custom.

There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.

Political liberty in a citizen is that tranquillity of spirit which comes from the opinion each one has of his security, and in order for him to have this liberty the government must be such that one citizen cannot fear another citizen.

Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.

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

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it; he goes on till he is pulled up by some limits. Who would say it! virtue even has need of limits.