Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.
The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
God is the indwelling and not the transient cause of all things.
Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
What everyone wants from life is continuous and genuine happiness.
the ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain by fear, nor to exact obedience, but to free every man from fear that he may live in all possible security... In fact the true aim of government is liberty.