The State Is The Association

What Cowardice It Is To Be Dismayed By The Happiness Of Others And Devastated By There Good Fortune.

If We Only Wanted To Be Happy, It Would Be Easy; But We Want To Be Happier Than Other People, And That Is Almost Always Difficult, Since We Think Them Happier Than They Are.

In Bodies Moved, The Motion Is Received, Increased, Diminished, Or Lost, According To The Relations Of The Quantity Of Matter And Velocity; Each Diversity Is Uniformity, Each Change Is Constancy.

There Are Only Two Cases In Which War Is Just: First, In Order To Resist The Aggression Of An Enemy, And Second, In Order To Help An Ally Who Has Been Attacked.

Political Liberty In A Citizen Is That Tranquillity Of Spirit Which Comes From The Opinion Each One Has Of His Security, And In Order For Him To Have This Liberty The Government Must Be Such That One Citizen Cannot Fear Another Citizen.