A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes--will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.

Among the facts of the universe to be accounted for, it may be said, is Mind; and it is self evident that nothing can have produced Mind but Mind.

The demand for commodities is not the demand for labor.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.

So natural to mankind is intolerance ... that religious freedom has hardly anywhere been practically realized.

Laws and systems of polity always begin by recognizing the relations they find already existing between individuals.