Dying people don't need medicine, the ones who remain do.

The example could encourage others who only fear to start.

While a people preserves its language; it preserves the marks of liberty.

God has made man a cosmopolite. He created seas for ships to glide on, the wind to push them, and the stars to guide them even in darkest night.

Genius has no country. It blossoms everywhere. Genius is like the light, the air. It is the heritage of all.

But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good, would we be guilty if we prevented them from doing us evil?

Your enemies hate you more than they hate your ideas. Should you want a project to be undone propose it. Even if it were as useful as a bishop's mire it would be rejected. Once you are defeated let the humblest-looking among you sponsor it and your enemies to humble you will approve it.