The house shakes...with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.
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.
I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature.
These are the times when a genius wants to live.
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.