"It is an error to believe that a state, however small, can be governed by virtue alone. It must be aided by force."

"When the savages of Louisiana are desirous of fruit, they cut the tree to the root, and gather the fruit. This is an emblem of despotic government."

"The severity of the climate should render the laws more severe."

"If a republic is small, it is destroyed by a foreign force; if it is large, it is ruined by an internal imperfection."

"Luxury is therefore absolutely necessary in monarchies; as it is also in despotic states, but not in republics."