A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is no longer a king.

The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.

Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.

Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.

The great fish swallow up the small; and he who is most strenuous for the rights of the people, when vested with power, is as eager after the prerogatives of government.

But let no person say what they would or would not do, since we are not judges for ourselves until circumstances call us to act.

I acknowledge myself a unitarian