Knowledge Humanizes Mankind, And Reason Inclines To

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

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.

Laws, In Their Most General Signification, Are The Necessary Relations Arising From The Nature Of Things. In This Sense All Beings Have Their Laws: The Deity His Laws, The Material World Its Laws, The Intelligences Superior To Man Their Laws, The Beasts Their Laws, Man His Laws.

Passion Makes Us Feel, But Never See Clearly.

When A Government Lasts A Long While, It Deteriorates By Insensible Degrees. Republics End Through Luxury, Monarchies Through Poverty.