If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.