The reward of history is that it releases and relieves us from present strife.

A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.

The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.

Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.

Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.