"Mankind will never be, in an eminent degree, virtuous and happy till each man shall possess that portion of distincti…"

"Simplify the social system, in the manner which every motive, but those of usurpation and ambition, powerfully recomm…"

"It is false that kings are entitled to the eminence they obtain. They possess no intrinsic superiority over their sub…"

"Privilege is a regulation rendering a few men, and those only, by the accident of their birth, eligible to certain si…"

"The case of mere titles is so absurd that it would deserve to be treated only with ridicule were t not for the seriou…"

"Till mankind be satisfied with the naked statement of what they really perceive, till they confess virtue to be then …"

"Anarchy, in its own nature, is an evil of short duration. The more horrible are the mischiefs it inflicts, the more d…"

"Nothing can be of more importance than to separate prejudice and mistake on the one hand from reason and demonstratio…"

"Democracy is a system of government according to which every member of society is considered as a man and nothing more."

"The evil of marriage, as is it practiced in the European countries, extends further than we have yet described. The m…"