Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.
The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo.
There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision.