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With Truths Of A Certain Kind, It Is Not Enough To Make Them Appear Convincing: One Must Also Make Them Felt. Of Such Kind Are Moral Truths.

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

Wonderful Maxim: Not To Talk Of Things Any More After They Are Done.

Better It Is To Say That The Government Most Comfortable To Nature Is That Which Best Agrees With The Humor And Disposition Of The People In Whose Favor It Is Established.

We Ought To Be Very Cautious In The Prosecution Of Magic And Heresy. The Attempt To Put Down These Two Crimes May Be Extremely Perilous To Liberty, And May Be The Origin Of A Number Of Petty Acts Of Tyranny If The Legislator Be Not On His Guard; For As Such An Accusation Does Not Bear Directly On The Overt Acts Of A Citizen, But Refers To The Idea We Entertain Of His Character.