"The greater the state, the more despotic the government, and the more the prince is forced to rely on fear."

"The women are much more powerful in those countries where they are allowed to appear in public."

"If a republic is small, it is destroyed by a foreign force; if it is large, it is ruined by an internal imperfection."

"As all men are born equal, slavery is against nature."

"The greatest crimes are those which are prejudicial to the public."