Politics Have No Relation To Morals.

Republics Have A Longer Life And Enjoy Better Fortune Than Principalities, Because They Can Profit By Their Greater Internal Diversity. They Are The Better Able To Meet Emergencies.

All The Armed Prophets Conquered; All The Unarmed Ones Perished.

Nothing Feeds Upon Itself As Liberality Does.

A Government Which Does Not Trust Its Citizens To Be Armed Is Not Itself To Be Trusted.

The Nature Of Man Is Such That People Consider Themselves Put Under An Obligation As Much By The Benefits They Confer As By Those They Receive.