When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.
In seasons of tumult and discord bad men have most power; mental and moral excellence require peace and quietness.
All those things that are now field to be of the greatest antiquity were at one time new; what we to-day hold up by example will rank hereafter as precedent.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Once killing starts, it is difficult to draw the line.