Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Every error pronounces judgment on itself when it attempts to apply its rules to the standard of truth.
Towns were the nursery of freedom.
Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.