"There is no nation in the world that has more need of religion than the English."

"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."

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

"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."

"The principle of democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is lost, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality, and when every citizen wants to be equal to those w…"