Oh, how empty is praise when it reflects back to its origin!
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
There is as yet no liberty if the power of judging be not separated from legislative power and the executrix
Man is a social animal formed to please in society.
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.