Liberty itself has appeared intolerable to those nations who have not been accustomed to enjoy it.

There is something in animals beside the power of motion. They are not machines; they feel.

It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.

Liberty is the right to do what the law permits.

...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.

Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.

An injustice committed against anyone is a threat to everyone.