There is a spirit of resistance implanted by the Deity in the breast of man, proportioned to the size of the wrongs he is destined to endure.
Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.
All political power is a trust.
Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind.
Men are entitled to equal rights-but to equal rights to unequal things.
I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war.