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

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

"The climate, the religion, the laws, the maxims of government, the precedents, the morals, and the customs; all these things have a reciprocal influence on one another."

"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."

"The custom of the most civilized countries is to use the strongest and most active for the public service, and to put the weak and idle in the houses of correction."