In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy.

Many things are better for silence than for speech: others are better for speech than for stationery.

To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.