When I could have used a wife, I could not support one; and when I could support one, I no longer needed any

Freedom is the alone unoriginated birthright of man, and belongs to him by force of his humanity.

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.

Freedom can never be comprehended, nor even can insight into it be gained.

The nice thing about living in a small town is that when you don't know what you're doing, someone else does.

Democracy is necessarily despotism, as it establishes an executive power contrary to the general will; all being able to decide against one whose opinion may differ, the will of all is therefore not that of all: which is contradictory and opposite to liberty.

Thinking in pictures precedes thinking in words.