“A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink but then your feet are always in water.”

“A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink but then your feet are always in water.”

“The virtue of its Citizens is the only Support of a Republican government”

“Republics are ungrateful.”

“It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard against the oppression of its rulers but to guard one part of society against the injustice of the other part.”