An Injustice To One Is A Threat

When A Government Lasts A Long While, It Deteriorates By Insensible Degrees. Republics End Through Luxury, Monarchies Through Poverty.

Honor Sets All The Parts Of The Body Politic In Motion, And By Its Very Action Connects Them; Thus Each Individual Advances The Public Good, While He Only Thinks Of Promoting His Own Interest.

The Spirit Of Commerce Is Frugality, Economy, Moderation, Labor, Ponderance, Tranquillity, Order, And Rule. So Long As This Spirit Subsides, The Riches It Produces Have No Bad Effect. The Mischief Is When Excessive Wealth Destroys The Spirit Of Commerce, Then It Is That The Conveniences Of Inequality... Are Felt.

Although Born In A Prosperous Realm, We Did Not Believe That Its Boundaries Should Limit Our Knowledge, And That The Lore Of The East Should Alone Enlighten Us.

There Is No Nation So Powerful, As The One That Obeys Its Laws Not From Principals Of Fear Or Reason, But From Passion.