Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.

Government by idea tends to take in everything, to make the whole of society obedient to the idea. Spaces not so governed are unconquered, beyond the border, unconverted, a future danger.

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.

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

Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.

The wisdom of divine rule appears not in the perfection but in the improvement of the world... History is the true demonstration of Religion.