统治
The tyranny of the magistrate is not less formidable than that of the multitude.
The greatest happiness which can happen to any country is the taking of the supreme power out of the hands of the governing few and putting it into the hands of the governed many.
Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.
The first duty of the sovereign， that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies， can be performed only by means of a military force.
Reason is the sovereign of all.
Number is the ruler of forms and ideas， and the cause of gods and daemons.
The tyranny of the magistrate is not less formidable than that of the multitude.