"The less we think, the more we talk: so it is with women and politicians."

"It is not the business of government to make us virtuous, but to make us secure."

"The natural effect of commerce is to lead to peace. Two nations who traffic with each other become reciprocally dependent; for if one has an interest in buying, the other has an interest in selling; a…"

"It is necessary to examine into the laws in relation to the nature of the climate."

"In a true state of nature, all men are born equal, but they cannot remain so. Society makes them lose their equality, and they can recover it only by the laws."