"The state of monarchy is the most powerful of all governments."

"In a true democracy, the people are sovereign, and the magistrates are only its ministers."

"The law, in its most general signification, is human reason, inasmuch as it governs all the inhabitants of the earth; the political and civil laws of each nation ought to be only the particular cases …"

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

"The natural effect of commerce is to lead to peace. Two nations who traffic with each other become reciprocally dependent; for if one has an interest in buying, the other has an interest in selling; a…"