The English Are Busy; They Don't Have

The Law Of Nations Is Naturally Founded On This Principle, That Different Nations Ought In Time Of Peace To Do One Another All The Good They Can, And In Time Of War As Little Injury As Possible, Without Prejudicing Their Real Interests.

Thus The Creation, Which Seems An Arbitrary Act, Supposes Laws As Invariable As Those Of The Fatality Of The Atheists. It Would Be Absurd To Say That The Creator Might Govern The World Without Those Rules, Since Without Them It Could Not Subsist.

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

There Are Three Species Of Government: Republican, Monarchical, And Despotic.

Men In Excess Of Happiness Or Misery Are Equally Inclined To Severity. Witness Conquerors And Monks! It Is Mediocrity Alone, And A Mixture Of Prosperous And Adverse Fortune That Inspire Us With Lenity And Pity.