By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.

Many men can no more be kept straight by spiritual motives than we can live without policemen.

It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.

Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.

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