"When the savages of Louisiana are desirous of fruit, they cut the tree to the root, and gather the fruit. This is an emblem of despotic government."

"It is necessary to examine into the laws in relation to the nature of the climate."

"It is not the business of government to make us virtuous, but to make us secure."

"The Romans were a nation of robbers, who, having robbed all the world, at last robbed themselves."

"The greatest changes are not made by great men, but by small causes."