Edmund Burke: “Thus it is that covetousness cut its throat with its own hands.”

I would not exclude alteration neither; but even when I changed, it should be to preserve.

The improvements of the National Assembly are superficial, their errors fundamental.

Our people will find employment enough for a truly patriotic, free, and independent spirit, in guarding what they possess from violation.

Let us imitate their caution, if we wish to deserve their fortune or to retain their bequests.