Effective resistance to usurpers is possible only provided the citizens understand their rights and are disposed to defend them.

Opinion, whether well or ill-founded, is the governing principle of human affairs

It is the Press which has corrupted our political morals - and it is to the Press we must look for the means of our political regeneration.

A republic of this kind, able to withstand an external force, may support itself without any internal corruptions. The form of this society prevents all manner of inconveniences.

Divide et impera must be the motto of every nation that either hates or fears us.

The changes in the human condition are uncertain and frequent. Many, on whom fortune has bestowed her favours, may trace their family to a more unprosperous station; and many who are now in obscurity, may look back upon the affluence and exalted rank of their ancestors.

Schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community require time to mature them for execution.