Montesquieu — "The less we think, the more we talk: so it is with women and politicians."

"A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century."

"When a man is flattered, he is often made to believe that he is greater than he is."

"All religions contain precepts useful to society."

"The principle of democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is extinct, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality, and when every citizen wants to be equal to thos…"

"Slavery is not good by its nature; it is useful neither to the master nor to the slave."