Tis hard to comprehend how one man can come to be master of many, equal to himself in right, unless it be by consent or by force.

That which is not just, is not Law; and that which is not Law, ought not to be obeyed.

If his Majesty is resolved to have my head, he may make a whistle of my arse if he pleases.

Who will wear a shoe that hurts him, because the shoe-maker tells him 'tis well made?

Many things are unknown to the wisest, and the best men can never wholly divest themselves of passions and affections... nothing can or ought to be permanent but that which is perfect.

If the public safety be provided, liberty and propriety secured, justice administered, virtue encouraged, vice suppressed, and the true interest of the nation advanced, the ends of government are accomplished . . .

[L]iberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted . . .