He alone who walks strict and upright, and who, in matters of opinion, will be contented that others should be as free as himself and acquiesce when his opinion is freely overruled, will attain his object in the end.

It is better to have no ideas than false ones.

I do not pretend that language is science. It isan instrument for the attainment of science.

[A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

There is not a single crowned head in Europe whose talents or merit would entitle him to be elected a vestryman by the people of any parish in America.

The legislative powers of government reach actions only and not opinions.

I am a sect by myself, as far as I know.