"Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit."

"In a true democracy, the people are sovereign, and the magistrates are only its ministers."

"We should not be surprised to see the great men of history so often overcome by fortune. It is because they were not great enough to despise it."

"Luxury is useful in a monarchy, and pernicious in a republic."

"The Christian religion, which orders men to love one another, no doubt wants the best political laws and the best civil laws for each people."