The Public Business Must Be Carried On

I Have Ever Held It As A Maxim Never To Do That Through Another Which It Was Impossible For Me To Execute Myself

Brutes Are Deprived Of The High Advantages Which We Have; But They Have Some Which We Have Not. They Have Not Our Hopes, But Theyare Without Our Fears; They Are Subject Like Us To Death, But Without Knowing It; Even Most Of Them Are More Attentive Than We To Self-preservation, And Do Not Make So Bad A Use Of Their Passions.

To Become Truly Great, One Has To Stand With People, Not Above Them.

Success In The Majority Of Circumstances Depends On Knowing How Long It Takes To Succeed.

Love Of The Republic In A Democracy, Is A Love Of The Democracy; Love Of The Democracy Is That Of Equality. Love Of The Democracy Is Likewise That Of Frugality.