No man who ever held the office of president would congratulate a friend on obtaining it.
Virtue is not always amiable.
The true source of our sufferings has been our timidity.
In every society where property exists there will ever be a struggle between rich and poor. Mixed in one assembly, equal laws can never be expected; they will either be made by the member to plunder the few who are rich, or by the influence to fleece the many who are poor.
I shall have the liberty to think for myself.
A government of laws, and not of men.