The request of industry to government is as modest as that of Diogenes to Alexander: Get out of my light.

Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.

O Logic: born gatekeeper to the Temple of Science, victim of capricious destiny: doomed hitherto to be the drudge of pedants: come to the aid of thy master, Legislation

What is it that should trace the insuperable line? ...The question is not, Can they reason? nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?

The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection.

Tyranny and anarchy are never far apart.

How is property given? By restraining liberty; that is, by taking it away so far as necessary for the purpose. How is your house made yours? By debarring every one else from the liberty of entering it without your leave.