Oh, How Empty Is Praise When It

The Sublimity Of Administration Consists In Knowing The Proper Degree Of Power That Should Be Exerted On Different Occasions.

It Is Unreasonable ... To Oblige A Man Not To Attempt The Defense Of His Own Life.

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.

The Alms Given To A Naked Man In The Street Do Not Fulfil The Obligations Of The State, Which Owes To Every Citizen A Certain Subsistence, A Proper Nourishment, Convenient Clothing, And A Kind Of Life Not Incompatible With Health.

It Is Requisite The Government Be So Constituted As One Man Need Not Be Afraid Of Another.