It is harder to release a nation from servitude than to enslave a free nation.
An ignorant people is the blind instrument of its own destruction.
When tyranny becomes law, rebellion is a right.
Our hatred knows no bounds, and the war shall be to the death.
Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.
A state too expensive in itself, or by virtue of its dependencies, ultimately falls into decay.