Republican Despotism Is More Fertile In Acts

Nothing Is More Difficult, And Therefore More Precious, Than To Be Able To Decide.

Power Is What They Like - It Is The Greatest Of All Aphrodisiacs.

War Must Be Made As Intense And Awful As Possible In Order To Make It Short, And Thus To Diminish Its Horrors.

If You Want To Get On In This World Make Many Promises, But Don't Keep Them.

Hereditary Succession To The Magistracy Is Absurd, As It Tends To Make A Property Of It; It Is Incompatible With The Sovereignty Of The People.