God, Grant Us Our Desires, And Grant

What Right Can Give Anyone Authority To Inflict Torture Upon A Citizen When It Is Still Unknown Whether He Is Innocent Or Guilty?

Assuredly Men Of Merit Are Never Lacking At Any Time, For Those Are The Men Who Manage Affairs, And It Is Affairs That Produce The Men. I Have Never Searched, And I Have Always Found Under My Hand The Men Who Have Served Me, And For The Most Part I Have Been Well Served.

I May Be Kindly, I Am Ordinarily Gentle, But In My Line Of Business I Am Obliged To Will Terribly What I Will At All.

I Shall Be An Autocrat: That's My Trade. And The Good Lord Will Forgive Me: That's His.

The Laws Ought To Be So Framed As To Secure The Safety Of Every Citizen As Much As Possible. ... Political Liberty Does Not Consist In The Notion That A Man May Do Whatever He Pleases; Liberty Is The Right To Do Whatsoever The Laws Allow. ... The Equality Of The Citizens Consists In That They Should All Be Subject To The Same Laws.