Slowness Is Frequently The Cause Of Much

Honor Is Unknown In Despotic States.

Political Liberty In A Citizen Is That Tranquillity Of Spirit Which Comes From The Opinion Each One Has Of His Security, And In Order For Him To Have This Liberty The Government Must Be Such That One Citizen Cannot Fear Another Citizen.

Countries Are Not Cultivated In Proportion To Their Fertility, But To Their Liberty.

In A Republic There Is No Coercive Force As In Other Governments, The Laws Must Therefore Endeavor To Supply This Defect.

Republics Are Brought To Their Ends By Luxury; Monarchies By Poverty.