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" If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived. "

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" Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference. "

" Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. "

" When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. "

" The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. "

" Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls. "

" Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. "

" The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion. "

" To innovate is not to reform. "

" To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. "

" The traveller has reached the end of the journey! "

" You can never plan the future by the past. "

" Justice is itself the great standing policy of civil society; and any eminent departure from it, under any circumstances, lies under the suspicion of being no policy at all. "

" The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. "

" Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own. "

" No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. "

" Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. "

" Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny. "

" The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations. "

" Superstition is the religion of feeble minds. "

" Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. "

" By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation. "

" All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. "

" He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. "

" Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. "

" The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny. "

" In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority. "

" There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations. "

" Custom reconciles us to everything. "

" A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. "