The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.

Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.

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.

Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

The mills of God grind slowly.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.