A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.
Amos Bronson AlcottNature is the armory of genius. Cities serve it poorly, books and colleges at second hand; the eye craves the spectacle of the horizon; of mountain, ocean, river and plain, the clouds and stars; actual contact with the elements, sympathy with the seasons as they rise and roll.
Amos Bronson AlcottRight is the royal ruler alone; and he who rules with least restraint comes nearest to empire.
Amos Bronson Alcott