"The more a government approaches to a republic, the less is the business of the prince."

"The less people think, the more they talk."

"In a true state of nature, indeed, all men are born equal, but they cannot continue in this equality. Society makes them lose it, and they recover it only by the force of laws."

"The English are the people in the world who have best known how to take advantage of each of these three great things: religion, commerce, and 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."