In on summer they have done their business... they have completely pulled down to the ground their monarchy, their church, their nobility, their law, their revenue, their army, their navy, their commerce, their arts, and their manufactures... destroyed all balances and counterpoises which serve to fix a state and give it steady direction, and then they melted down the whole into one incongrous mass of mob and democracy... the people, along with their political servitude, have thrown off the yoke of law and morals.

I do not know the method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.

Beauty is the promise of happiness.

Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural power corrupts both the heart and the understanding.

General rebellions and revolts of a whole people never were encouraged now or at any time. They are always provoked.

When slavery is established in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom.

A coward's courage is in his tongue.