The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire.

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

I find the name of Jesus Christ written on the top of every page of modern history.

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.