A Rational Army Would Run Away.

Thus The Creation, Which Seems An Arbitrary Act, Supposes Laws As Invariable As Those Of The Fatality Of The Atheists. It Would Be Absurd To Say That The Creator Might Govern The World Without Those Rules, Since Without Them It Could Not Subsist.

The State Is The Association Of Men, And Not Men Themselves; The Citizen May Perish, And The Man Remain.

Democracy Has Two Excesses To Avoid: The Spirit Of Inequality, Which Leads To An Aristocracy, Or To The Government Of A Single Individual; And The Spirit Of Extreme Equality, Which Conducts It To Despotism, As The Despotism Of A Single Individual Finishes By Conquest.

There Is As Yet No Liberty If The Power Of Judging Be Not Separated From Legislative Power And The Executrix

The Spirit Of Moderation Should Also Be The Spirit Of The Lawgiver.