All punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil.

As to the evil which results from censorship, it is impossible to measure it, because it is impossible to tell where it ends.

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 power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.

Reputation is the road to power

It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual

The addability of the happiness of different subjects is a postulum without which all political reasonings are at a stand