Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty.
A new civilization was not to be improvised by a single mind.
When did one man ever civilize a people?
Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.
A talent for repartee is one that increases with practice.
A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.