Man Is A Social Animal Formed To

Vanity And Pride Of Nations; Vanity Is As Advantageous To A Government As Pride Is Dangerous.

...when The Laws Have Ceased To Be Executed, As This Can Only Come From The Corruption Of The Republic, The State Is Already Lost.

Men, Who Are Rogues Individually, Are In The Mass Very Honorable People.

Laws, In Their Most General Signification, Are The Necessary Relations Arising From The Nature Of Things. In This Sense All Beings Have Their Laws: The Deity His Laws, The Material World Its Laws, The Intelligences Superior To Man Their Laws, The Beasts Their Laws, Man His Laws.

The Sublimity Of Administration Consists In Knowing The Proper Degree Of Power That Should Be Exerted On Different Occasions.