"Money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest. And this term interest, which means the b…"

"But for those that are equal to have an unequal share and those that are alike an unlike share is contrary to nature,…"

"Nature does nothing uselessly."

"Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute o…"

"Further, the state is by nature clearly prior to the family and to the individual, since the whole is of necessity pr…"

"The proof that the state is a creation of nature and prior to the individual is that the individual, when isolated, i…"

"He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast …"

"If every instrument could accomplish its own work, obeying or anticipating the will of others, like the statues of Da…"

"Men ... are easily induced to believe that in some wonderful manner everybody will become everybody's friend, especia…"

"Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all."