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

Every error pronounces judgment on itself when it attempts to apply its rules to the standard of truth.

It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness.

Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.

Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.

A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision.

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