A Nation May Lose Its Liberties In

Republics End Through Luxury; Monarchies Through Poverty.

It Is Clear That In A Monarchy, Where He Who Commands The Exceution Of The Laws Generally Thinks Himself Above Them, There Is Lessneed Of Virtue Than In A Popular Government, Where The Person Entrusted With The Execution Of The Laws Is Sensible Of His Being Subject To Their Direction.

In Constitutional States, Liberty Is Compensation For Heavy Taxes; In Dictatorships, The Subsititue Is Light Taxes.

Democracy Has Two Excesses To Avoid: The Spirit Of Inequality, Which Leads To An Aristocracy, Or To The Government Of A Single Individual; And The Spirit Of Extreme Equality, Which Conducts It To Despotism, As The Despotism Of A Single Individual Finishes By Conquest.

The State Is The Association Of Men, And Not Men Themselves; The Citizen May Perish, And The Man Remain.