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

There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.

The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage.

The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.

The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.

I never listen to calumnies, because if they are untrue I run the risk of being deceived, and if they be true, of hating persons not worth thinking about.

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