"Liberty is the right of doing whatever the laws permit."

"To prevent the executive power from being able to oppress, it is requisite that the armies with which it is entrusted should consist of the people, and have the same spirit as the people."

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

"The more a government approaches to a republic, the less is the business of the prince."

"There is no nation in the world that is more in love with its own government than the English."