If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

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

There are bad examples which are worse than crimes; and more states have perished from the violation of morality than from the violation of law.

It is unreasonable ... to oblige a man not to attempt the defense of his own life.

Liberty... is there only when there is no abuse of power.

Nature is just to all mankind, and repays them for their industry. She renders them industrious by annexing rewards in proportion to their labor.

Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.