An Injustice To One Is A Threat

In Every Government There Are Three Sorts Of Power: The Legislative; The Executive In Respect To Things Dependent On The Law Of Nations; And The Executive In Regard To Matters That Depend On The Civil Law.

Vanity Is As Advantageous To A Government As Pride Is Dangerous. To Be Convinced Of This We Need Only Represent, On The One Hand,the Numberless Benefits Which Result From Vanity, As Industry, The Arts, Fashions, Politeness, And Taste; And On The Other, The Infinite Evils Which Spring From The Pride Of Certain Nations, A Laziness, Poverty, A Total Neglect Of Everything.

A Really Intelligent Man Feels What Other Men Only Know.

The Culminating Point Of Administration Is To Know Well How Much Power, Great Or Small, We Ought To Use In All Circumstances.

The False Notion Of Miracles Comes Of Our Vanity, Which Makes Us Believe We Are Important Enough For The Supreme Being To Upset Nature On Our Behalf.