A Man Who Writes Well Writes Not

Republics End Through Luxury; Monarchies Through Poverty.

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

It Is Necessary From The Very Nature Of Things That Power Should Be A Check To Power.

There Is Still Another Inconvenieney In Conquests Made By Democracies; Their Government Is Ever Odious To The Conquered States. It Is Apparently Monarchical, But In Reality It Is More Oppressive Than Monarchy, As The Experience Of All Ages And Countries Evinces.

Nature Is Just To All Mankind, And Repays Them For Their Industry. She Renders Them Industrious By Annexing Rewards In Proportion To Their Labor.