In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.

The mills of God grind slowly.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power -- power sufficient to interfere with property.

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.