Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.

Paintings and fightings are best seen at a distance.

God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, 'This is my Country.'

Evil, as evil, can never be chosen; and though evil is often the effect of our own choice, yet we never desire it but under the appearance of an imaginary good.

Thinking aloud is a habit which is responsible for most of mankind's misery.

Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

There is no gains without pain.