An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

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.

It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.

It is rare to find learned men who are clean, do not stink and have a sense of humour.

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.

Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.