I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.

I may be kindly, I am ordinarily gentle, but in my line of business I am obliged to will terribly what I will at all.

The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion that a man may do whatever he pleases; liberty is the right to do whatsoever the laws allow. ... The equality of the citizens consists in that they should all be subject to the same laws.

The most sure, but at the same time the most difficult expedient to mend the morals of the people, is a perfect system of education.

I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.

Power without a nation's confidence is nothing.

bad news travels faster than good.