“ I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ. ”
I have never known any distress that an hour’s reading did not relieve.
~ Montesquieu
Democratic and aristocratic states are not in their own nature free. Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments; and even in these it is not always found. It is there only when there is no abuse of power. But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.
Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.
Every man is capable of doing good to another, but to contribute to the happiness of an entire society is to become akin to the gods
