"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 …"

"When a man is flattered, he is often made to believe that he is greater than he is."

"Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty."

"The savage peoples of America, who are fond of their liberty, and are passionately attached to their country, will not change their way of life for any other."

"The love of democracy is that of equality."