Law Should Be Like Death, Which Spares

We Must Have Constantly Present In Our Minds The Difference Between Independence And Liberty. Liberty Is A Right Of Doing Whatever The Laws Permit, And If A Citizen Could Do What They Forbid He Would No Longer Be Possessed Of Liberty.

In The State Of Nature... All Men Are Born Equal, But They Cannot Continue In This Equality. Society Makes Them Lose It, And They Recover It Only By The Protection Of The Law.

To Become Truly Great, One Has To Stand With People, Not Above Them.

In Every Government There Are Three Sorts Of Power: The Legislative; The Executive In Respect To Things Dependent On The Law Of Nations; And The Executive In Regard To Matters That Depend On The Civil Law.

Countries Are Well Cultivated, Not As They Are Fertile, But As They Are Free.