The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.

The freedom of a government does not depend on the quality of its laws, but upon the power that has the right to create them.

The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America.

No government can be free that does not allow all its citizens to participate in the formation and execution of her laws.

The future condition of the conquered power depends on the will of the conquerer.

Strip the proud nobility of their bloated estates, reduce them to a level with plain republicans, send forth to labor, and teach their children to enter the workshops or handle the plow, and you will thus humble proud traitors.

Retain, even in opposition, your capacity for astonishment.