The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation.