"The spirit of the laws is the spirit of the legislator."

"The severity of the climate should render the laws more severe."

"The less we think, the more we talk: so it is with women and politicians."

"I have never heard of anything so insolent as to propose to the English Parliament to give up their liberty by their own consent."

"Slavery is not good by its nature; it is useful neither to the master nor to the slave."