A true man hates no one.

Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system.

A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.