"As for the law of nations, it is founded on this principle, that the various nations ought to do each other in times of peace the most good possible, and in times of war the least evil possible, witho…"

"To form a moderate government, it is necessary to combine the powers, to regulate them, to temper them, to set them in motion; to give, so to speak, a ballast to one, in order to enable it to resist a…"

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

"The love of reading is an exchange of hours of tedium for hours of delight."

"The people's deputies should not be chosen from the general body of the nation; but it is proper that in every considerable place a deputy should be elected by the inhabitants."