The political body, therefore, is also a moral being which has a will; and this general will, which tends always to the conservation and well-being of the whole and of each part of it ... is, for all members of the state ... the rule of what is just or unjust.

War then, is a relation - not between man and man but between state and state and individuals are enemies only accidentally not as men, nor even as citizens but as soldiers not as members of their country, but as its defenders

The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to the hour of his death never lose sight of it.

Money is the seed of money.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

Presence of mind, penetration, fine observation, are the sciences of women; ability to avail themselves of these is their talent.

If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.