Of all nations, those submit to civilization with the most difficulty which habitually live by the chase.

No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them; and though different men may sometimes find it their interest to combine for the same purposes, they will never make it their pleasure.

The Union was formed by the voluntary agreement of the States; and these, in uniting together, have not forfeited their Nationality, nor have they been reduced to the condition of one and the same people. If one of the States chose to withdraw its name from the contract, it would be difficult to disprove its right of doing so.

Those who prize freedom only for the material benefits it offers have never kept it for long.

Life is to be entered upon with courage.

The more government takes the place of associations, the more will individuals lose the idea of forming associations and need the government to come to their help. That is a vicious circle of cause and effect.

To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to.