All men have equal rights, but not to equal things.

What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first possess the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence.

The moment that government appears at market, the principles of the market will be subverted.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Freedom and not servitude is the cure of anarchy; as religion, and not atheism, is the true remedy of superstition.

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pain of others

Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, he has a right to do for himself; and he has a right to a fair portion of all which society, with all it combinations of skill and force, can do in his favor. In this partnership all men have equal rights; but not to equal things.