"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…"

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

"The custom of the most civilized countries is to use the strongest and most active for the public service, and to put the weak and idle in the houses of correction."

"In every government there are three sorts of power: the legislative; the executive in respect to things dependent on the law of nations; and the executive in regard to matters that depend on the civil…"