I Shall Be Obliged To Wander To

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.

An Injustice To One Is A Threat Made To All

The Pagan Religion, Which Prohibited Only Some Of The Grosser Crimes, And Which Stopped The Hand But Meddled Not With The Heart, Might Have Crimes That Were Inexplicable.

Virtue Is Necessary To A Republic.

When The [law Making] And [law Enforcement] Powers Are United In The Same Person... There Can Be No Liberty.