Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.

If they do kill me, I shall never die another death.

Surely He intends some great good to follow this mighty convulsion which no mortal could make, and no mortal could stay.

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.

I shall adopt new views as fast as they shall appear to be true views.