The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.
It is the nature of tyranny and rapacity never to learn moderation from the ill-success of first oppressions; on the contrary, all oppressors, all men thinking highly of the methods dictated by their nature, attribute the frustration of their desires to the want of sufficient rigor.
Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.
Circumspection and caution are part of wisdom.
The wisdom of our ancestors.
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.