We laugh at that which we cannot bear to face.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved.

The greatest threat to the state is not faction but distraction

A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.

...we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and, even when interrogating oneself, one pushes the inquiry only to the point at which one can no longer offer any opposition. Hence a good inquirer will be one who is ready in bringing forward the objections proper to the genus, and that he will be when he has gained an understanding of the differences.

A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.