[I]t being reasonable and just, I should have a right to destroy that which threatens me with destruction: for by the fundamental law of nature, man being to be preserved as much as possible, when all cannot be preserved, the safety of the innocent is to be preferred: and one may destroy a man who makes war upon him, or has discovered an enmity to his being, for the same reason that he may kill a Wolf or a lion.

Though the familiar use of things about us take off our wonder, yet it cures not our ignorance.

As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to.

Consciousness is the perception of what passes in man's own mind.

How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?

Is it worth the name of freedom to be at liberty to play the fool?

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.