Liberty Is The Right To Do What

The Deterioration Of Every Government Begins With The Decay Of The Principles On Which It Was Founded.

Power Should Be A Check On Power.

Raillery Is A Mode Of Speaking In Favor Of One's Wit At The Expense Of One's Better Nature.

As Virtue Is Necessary In A Republic, And Honor In A Monarchy, Fear Is What Is Required In A Despotism. As For Virtue, It Is Not At All Necessary, And Honor Would Be Dangerous There.

I Should Like To Abolish Funerals; The Time To Mourn A Person Is At His Birth, Not His Death.