Luxury Ruins Republics; Poverty, Monarchies.

The State Is The Association Of Men, And Not Men Themselves; The Citizen May Perish, And The Man Remain.

Trade Is The Best Cure For Prejudice.

The Ottoman Empire Whose Sick Body Was Not Supported By A Mild And Regular Diet, But By A Powerful Treatment, Which Continually Exhausted It.

It Is Clear That In A Monarchy, Where He Who Commands The Exceution Of The Laws Generally Thinks Himself Above Them, There Is Lessneed Of Virtue Than In A Popular Government, Where The Person Entrusted With The Execution Of The Laws Is Sensible Of His Being Subject To Their Direction.

If I Knew Something That Would Serve My Country But Would Harm Mankind, I Would Never Reveal It; For I Am A Citizen Of Humanity First And By Necessity, And A Citizen Of France Second, And Only By Accident