Edmund Burke: “Whenever goods are taken by violence from the possessor, we call it a robbery, and the person who takes it we call a…”

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

But 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.

Not being illuminated with the light of which the gentlemen of France tell us they have got so abundant a share, they acted under a strong impression of the ignorance and fallibility of mankind.

If any of them should happen to propose a scheme of liberty soberly limited, and defined with proper qualifications, he will be immediately outbid by his competitors, who will produce something more splendidly popular.