"The strongest argument against despotism is that it does not adequately educate the people it governs."

"The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind."

"The ultimate end, with reference to and for the sake of which all other things are desirable (whether we are considering our own good or that of other people), is an existence exempt as far as possibl…"

"The 'self-regarding' actions are those which primarily and directly affect only the agent himself."

"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury."