"The principle of despotic government is fear."

"The political liberty of the subject is a tranquillity of mind arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order to have this liberty, it is requisite the government be so constituted a…"

"Slavery is not only natural but useful to certain peoples."

"The principle of democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is lost, but also when it is carried to an extreme."

"The severity of punishments is more dangerous to liberty than the state of nature itself."