A little rebellion now and then is a good thing. Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. In order to flourish, the tree of Liberty needs the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Communities should be planned with an eye to the effect on the human spirit of being continually surrounded by a maximum of beauty.

Questions of natural right are triable by their conformity with the moral sense and reason of man.

preach, my dear Sir, a crusade against ignorance; establish & improve the law for educating the common people.

Courts love the people always, as wolves do the sheep.

Men possessing minds of the first order and who have had opportunities of being known and of acquiring the general confidence do not abound in any country beyond the wants of the country.

I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.