There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits.

The perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which men seem incapable, but which is sometimes found in women.

Facts are the mere dross of history. It is from the abstract truth which interpenetrates them, and lies latent among them, like gold in the ore, that the mass derives its whole value; and the precious particles are generally combined with the baser in such a manner that the separation is a task of the utmost difficulty.

We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy accidents

We deplore the outrages which accompany revolutions. But the more violent the outrages, the more assured we feel that a revolution was necessary.

The sweeter sound of woman's praise.

Parent of sweetest sounds, yet mute forever.