Of this stamp is the cant of, Not men, but measures.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

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

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

What ever disunites man from God, also disunites man from man.

Men want to be reminded, who do not want to be taught; because those original ideas of rectitude to which the mind is compelled to assent when they are proposed, are not always as present to us as they ought to be.

A nation without means of reform is without means of survival.