"Trade is the profession of a people who have renounced all other professions."

"The history of commerce is that of the communication of people."

"The tyranny of a prince is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy."

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

"The people in monarchies are, generally speaking, more capable of an attachment to the prince, than to the state."