A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

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

There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.

History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches.

Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.

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