Power Should Be A Check On Power.

In A Republic There Is No Coercive Force As In Other Governments, The Laws Must Therefore Endeavor To Supply This Defect.

A Love Of The Republic In A Democracy Is A Love Of The Democracy, As The Latter Is That Of Equality. A Love Of The Democracy Is Likewise That Of Frugality. Since Every Individual Ought Here To Enjoy The Same Happiness, And The Same Advantages, They Should Consequently Taste The Same Pleasures And Form The Same Hopes, Which Cannot Be Expected But From A General Frugality.

Countries Are Well Cultivated, Not As They Are Fertile, But As They Are Free.

The Love Of Study Is In Us The Only Lasting Passion. All The Others Quit Us In Proportion As This Miserable Machine Which Holds Them Approaches Its Ruins.

Virtue Has Needs Of Limits.