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

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

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.

Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.

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 public is wiser than the wisest critic.