A Wise Person Does At Once, What

A Generous Spirit Prefers That His Country Should Be Poor, And Weak, And Of No Account, But Free, Rather Than Powerful, Prosperous, And Enslaved.

Absolute Power Demoralizes.

The Few Have Not Strength To Achieve Great Changes Unaided; The Many Have Not Wisdom To Be Moved By Truth Unmixed.

Men Cannot Be Made Good By The State, But They Can Easily Be Made Bad. Morality Depends On Liberty.

Fanaticism Displays Itself In The Masses; But The Masses Were Rarely Fanaticised; And The Crimes Ascribed To It Were Commonly Due To The Calculations Of Dispassionate Politicians.