At our coming into the world we contract an immense debt to our country, which we can never discharge.

We receive three educations, one from our parents, one from our school-masters, and one from the world. The third contradicts all that the first two teach us.

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

The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.

The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.

When a government is arrived to that degree of corruption as to be incapable of reforming itself, it would not lose much by being new moulded.

People here argue about religion interminably, but it appears that they are competing at the same time to see who can be the least devout.