Edmund Burke: “As little genius and talent am I able to perceive in the plan of judicature formed by the National Assembly.”

It was not made to entice the smell of a mole, nuzzling and burying himself in his mother earth, as yours is.

They must respect that property of which they cannot partake.

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.

But to form a free government, that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.