"I have never heard of anything so insolent as to propose to the English Parliament to give up their liberty by their own consent."

"We should not be surprised to see the great men of history so often overcome by fortune. It is because they were not great enough to despise it."

"The Romans, having conquered all the nations of the earth, had no longer any enemies to fight but themselves."

"The Romans were the greatest people in the world when they had not yet corrupted themselves."

"Again, there is no liberty, if the power of judging be not separated from the legislative and executive powers. Were it joined with the legislative, the life and liberty of the subject would be expose…"