Law

"There is in every one of us, even those who seem to be most moderate, a type of desire that is terrible, wild, and lawless."

"The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law."

"That which is really beautiful has no need of anything; not more than law, not more than truth, not more than benevolence or modesty."

"I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and Constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind."

"Musical innovation is full of danger to the State, for when modes of music change, the fundamental laws of the State always change with them."

"No matter how much people on the left talk about compassion, they have no compassion for the taxpayers."