Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Some degree of novelty must be one of the materials in almost every instrument which works upon the mind; and curiosity blends itself, more or less, with all our pleasures.

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.

They [Americans] augur misgovernment at a distance and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.

There are some men formed with feelings so blunt that they can hardly be said to be awake during the whole course of their lives.

The concessions of the weak are the concessions of fear.