"The English love liberty so much that they are always ready to sacrifice it to their interests."

"The greatest part of mankind are more capable of a long and tedious application, than of an intense and vigorous exertion."

"The climate, the religion, the laws, the maxims of government, the precedents, the morals, and the customs; all these things have a reciprocal influence on one another."

"Power should be a check to power."

"The history of commerce is that of the communication of people."