Each Particular Society Begins To Feel Its

Power Should Be A Check On Power.

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.

I Acknowledge That History Is Full Of Religious Wars: But We Must Distinguish; It Is Not The Multiplicity Of Religions Which Has Produced These Wars; It Was The Intolerating Spirit Which Animated That One Which Thought She Had The Power Of Governing.

There Is As Yet No Liberty If The Power Of Judging Be Not Separated From Legislative Power And The Executrix

Injustice Towards Others Is A Threat To Everybody