To Reach The Height Of Our Ambition

It Is By Bribing, Not So Often By Being Bribed, That Wicked Politicians Bring Ruin On Mankind. Avarice Is A Rival To The Pursuits Of Many.

We Set Ourselves To Bite The Hand That Feeds Us.

Religious Persecution May Shield Itself Under The Guise Of A Mistaken And Over-zealous Piety.

In A Democracy, The Majority Of The Citizens Is Capable Of Exercising The Most Cruel Oppressions Upon The Minority.

To Drive Men From Independence To Live On Alms, Is Itself Great Cruelty.