Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

All the forces of darkness need to succeed ... is for the people to do nothing.

Instead of casting away all our old prejudices, we cherish them to a very considerable degree, and, to take more shame to ourselves, we cherish them because they are prejudices; and the longer they have lasted and the more generally they have prevailed, the more we cherish them. We are afraid to put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages.

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

No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

And having looked to Government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them.

The tribunal of conscience exists independent of edicts and decrees.