It is the man who does not want to express an opinion whose opinion I want.

I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

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

the better angels of our nature

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.