All virtue which is impracticable is spurious.

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing as they must if they believe they can do nothing. There is nothing worse because the council of despair is declaration of irresponsibility; it is Pilate washing his hands.

One source of the sublime is infinity.

The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.

The moment that government appears at market, the principles of the market will be subverted.