Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody

The spirit of moderation should also be the spirit of the lawgiver.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

The harshest tyranny is that which acts under the protection of legality and the banner of justice.

Power ought to serve as a check to power.

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.