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

I should like to abolish funerals; the time to mourn a person is at his birth, not his death.

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

When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

When God endowed human beings with brains, He did not intend to guarantee them.

When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy.

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.