The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.

Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom

Many men can no more be kept straight by spiritual motives than we can live without policemen.

Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.

Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.