"A people is not free if it does not know the laws."

"To be truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them."

"An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war."

"The political liberty of the subject is a tranquility of mind, arising from the opinion each person has of his safety."

"When the legislative power is more corrupt than the executive, the danger is that laws will be made that are too arbitrary."