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Honor Sets All The Parts Of The Body Politic In Motion, And By Its Very Action Connects Them; Thus Each Individual Advances The Public Good, While He Only Thinks Of Promoting His Own Interest.

There Is Still Another Inconvenieney In Conquests Made By Democracies; Their Government Is Ever Odious To The Conquered States. It Is Apparently Monarchical, But In Reality It Is More Oppressive Than Monarchy, As The Experience Of All Ages And Countries Evinces.

I Have Always Observed That To Succeed In The World One Should Seem A Fool, But Be Wise.

A Nation May Lose Its Liberties In A Day And Not Miss Them In A Century.

Christians Are Beginning To Lose The Spirit Of Intolerance Which Animated Them: Experience Has Shown The Error Of The Expulsion Of The Jews From Spain, And Of The Persecution Of Those Christians In France Whose Belief Differed A Little From That Of The King. They Have Realized That Zeal For The Advancement Of Religion Is Different From A Due Attachment To It; And That In Order To Love It And Fulfil Its Behests, It Is Not Necessary To Hate And Persecute Those Who Are Opposed To It.