To me, all great regenerations seem to have been the work of the few, and tacitly accepted by the multitude.

But let us not dispute after the manner of the schools.

Thou sayest loudly that a vast crisis is at hand; that the Good Estate (buono stato) shall be established.

How?
where are your arms ?--your soldiers?
Are the nobles less strong than heretofore?
Is the mob more bold, more constant?
Heaven knows that I speak not with the prejudices of my order--I weep for the debasement of my country! I am a Roman, and in that name I forget that I am a noble.

But I tremble at the storm you would raise so hazardously.