We lay it down as a fundamental, that laws, to be just, must give a reciprocation of right; that, without this, they are mere arbitrary rules of conduct, founded in force, and not in conscience.

The same facts impress us differently.

There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people.

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

I am satisfied, and sufficiently occupied with the things which are, without tormenting or troubling myself about those which may indeed be, but of which I have no evidence.

I am conscious that an equal division of property is impracticable, but the consequences of this enormous inequality producing so much misery to the bulk of mankind, legislators cannot invent too many devices for subdividing property.

It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice