To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.

The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.

A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that he speaks well.

No kingdom has shed more blood than the kingdom of Christ.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

It is always the adventurous who accomplish great things.