Solemnity Is The Shield Of Idiots

As Men Are Affected In All Ages By The Same Passions, The Occasions Which Bring About Great Changes Are Different, But The Causes Are Always The Same.

Democracy Has Two Excesses To Avoid: The Spirit Of Inequality, Which Leads To An Aristocracy, Or To The Government Of A Single Individual; And The Spirit Of Extreme Equality, Which Conducts It To Despotism, As The Despotism Of A Single Individual Finishes By Conquest.

The Tyranny Of A Prince In An Oligarchy Is Not So Dangerous To The Public Welfare As The Apathy Of A Citizen In A Democracy.

When The Savages Of Louisiana Wish To Have Fruit, They Cut The Tree At The Bottom And Gather The Fruit. That Is Exactly A Despotic Government.

Virtue In A Republic Is The Love Of One's Country, That Is The Love Of Equality.