No slave could be admitted as a witness, except by torture; as for him there was no voice in the state, so for him there was no tenderness in the law.

But though the slave might not avenge himself on the master, the system of slavery avenged itself on the state.

The advantages to the intellect of the free citizens resulting from the existence of a class maintained to relieve them from the drudgeries of life, were dearly purchased by the constant insecurity of their political repose.

The capital of the rich could never be directed to the most productive of all channels--the labour of free competition.

The noble did not employ citizens--he purchased slaves.