A rational army would run away.
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
The laws do not take upon them to punish any other than overt acts.
The prejudices of superstition are superior to all others, and have the strongest influence on the human mind.
In the infancy of societies, the chiefs of state shape its institutions; later the institutions shape the chiefs of state.