“There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is ...” — Montesquieu Quote

“There is only one thing that can form a bond between men, and that is gratitude... we cannot give someone else greater power over us than we have ourselves.”

“If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.”

“There are three species of government: republican, monarchical, and despotic.”

“Iron till it be thoroughly heated is incapable to be wrought; so God sees good to cast some men into the furnace of affliction, and then beats them on his anvil into what frame he pleases.”

“Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”

“It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.”