It is a principle that the right to a thing gives a right to the means without which it could not be used, that is to say, that the means follow their end.

We discover in the gospels a groundwork of vulgar ignorance, of things impossible, of superstition, fanaticism and fabrication .

Self-interest, or rather self-love, or egoism, has been more plausibly substituted as the basis of morality.

We must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies.

It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected.

All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious institution.

Private enterprise manages so much better all the concerns to which it is equal.