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

"It is not the people who are naturally corrupted, but the magistrates."

"The state of monarchy is the best of all states, provided that it is a moderate one."

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

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