"The state is not an organism capable..." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“I hope and hoping feeds my painI weep and weeping feeds my failing heartI laugh but the laughter does not pass withinI burn but the burning makes no mark outside.”

“Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.”

“One must consider the final result”

“The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human body.”

“History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.”

“A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.”

“Painting isn't a question of sensibility; it's a matter of seizing the power, taking over from nature, not expecting her to supply you with information and good advice.”

“A tyrant... is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.”

“The more power there is, the more bondage, the more fear.”