Plus le corps est faible, plus il commande ; plus il est fort, plus il obéit. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

I call every man intolerant from principle, who conceives no man can be a man of virtue and probity, who does not believe exactly what he does, and unmercifully consigns to perdition all those who do not think like himself.

On Providence

To discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passions of men without feeling any of them, who had no affinity with our nature but knew it to the full, whose happiness was independent of ours, but who would nevertheless make our happiness his concern, who would be content to wait in the fullness of time for a distant glory, and to labour in one age to enjoy the fruits in another. Gods would be needed to give men laws.

Una declaración de guerra no es tanto una advertencia a las potencias, como a sus súbditos. El extranjero, bien sea rey, bien sea particular, bien sea pueblo, que roba, mata o apresa a un súbdito sin declarar la guerra al príncipe, no es un enemigo; es un ciminal.