There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

The noblest exercise of the mind within doors, and most befitting a person of quality, is study

The power rests with the multitude, but let them beware how the exercise of it turns against their own rights! It is not the idol but the worshippers that are to be dreaded, and who, by degrading one of their fellows, render themselves liable to be branded with the same indignities.