It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you.

Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.

Do something useful and you will have everything you want. Doors are shut for those who are dull and lazy; life is secure for those who obey the law of work.

Let those who desire a secure homeland conquer it. Let those who do not conquer it live under the whip and in exile, watched over like wild animals, cast from one country to another, concealing the death of their souls with a beggar's smile from the scorn of free men.

Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.

The spirit of a government must be that of the country. The form of a government must come from the makeup of the country. Government is nothing but the balance of the natural elements of a country.

To change masters is not to be free.