“Power ought to serve as a check to power.”
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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.
Religious wars are not caused by the fact that there is more than one religion, but by the spirit of intolerance... the spread of which can only be regarded as the total eclipse of human reason.
The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little injury as possible, without prejudicing their real interests.
There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.
