"Peace and prosperity, public virtue, victory, everything is in the vigor of the laws. Outside of the laws everything …"

"Every political edict which is not based upon nature is wrong."

"One cannot reign innocently: the insanity of doing so is evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper."

"It is time that we labored for the happiness of the people. Legislators who are to bring light and order into the wor…"

"Those who make revolutions by halves do nothing but dig their own tombs."

"I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people."

"It has always seemed to me that the social order was implicit in the very nature of things, and required nothing more…"

"Most arts have produced miracles, while the art of government has produced nothing but monsters."

"The legislator commands the future; to be feeble will avail him nothing: it is for him to will what is good and to pe…"

"You who make the laws, the vices and the virtues of the people will be your work."