"The Romans were the greatest people in the world when they had not yet corrupted themselves."

"The women are much more powerful in those countries where they are allowed to appear in public."

"It is not the business of the public to think, but to see."

"I call a republic whatever government is guided by general laws."

"There are two sorts of tyranny: one real, which consists in the violence of the government; and the other of opinion, which is felt when those who govern establish things that clash with the notions o…"