We are not altogether here to tolerate. We are here to resist, to control and vanquish withal.
Thomas CarlyleFreedom is the one purport, wisely aimed at, or unwisely, of all man's struggles, toilings and sufferings, in this earth.
Thomas CarlyleAfter all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books.
Thomas CarlyleAn everlasting lodestar, that beams the brighter in the heavens the darker here on earth grows the night.
Thomas CarlyleOnly perhaps in the United States, which alone of countries can do without governing,every man being at least able to live, and move off into the wilderness, let Congress jargon as it will,can such a form of so-called Government continue for any length of time to torment men with the semblance, when the indispensable substance is not there.
Thomas Carlyle