How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.

The march of invention has clothed mankind with powers of which a century ago the boldest imagination could not have dreamt.

As Mazzini said ... it is around the standard of duty rather than around the standard of self-interest that men must rally to win the rights of man. And herein may we see the deep philosophy of Him who bade men love their neighbors as themselves. In that spirit, and in no other, is the power to solve social problems and carry civilization onward.

That alone is wise which is just; that alone is enduring which is right.

It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve.

Everybody works but the vacant lot

If you would have the slave show the virtues of the freeman, you must first make him free.