Society Is The Union Of Men And

Law In General Is Human Reason, Inasmuch As It Governs All The Inhabitants Of The Earth: The Political And Civil Laws Of Each Nation Ought To Be Only The Particular Cases In Which Human Reason Is Applied.

In The Birth Of Societies It Is The Chiefs Of States Who Give It Its Special Character; And Afterward It Is This Special Character That Forms The Chiefs Of State.

We Must Have Constantly Present In Our Minds The Difference Between Independence And Liberty. Liberty Is A Right Of Doing Whatever The Laws Permit, And If A Citizen Could Do What They Forbid He Would No Longer Be Possessed Of Liberty.

The Crime Against Nature Will Never Make Any Great Progress In Society Unless People Are Prompted To It By Some Particular Custom.

What Cowardice It Is To Be Dismayed By The Happiness Of Others And Devastated By There Good Fortune.