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.

I value peace, and I should unwillingly see any event take place which would render war a necessary resource.

Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.

All... natural rights may be abridged or modified in [their] exercise by law.

I sincerely congratulate you on the arrival of the mockingbird. Learn all the children to venerate it as a superior being in the form of a bird, or as a being which will haunt them if any harm is done to itself or its eggs.

Those who wish to be ignorant and free, believe in something that never was and never shall be.

It is the old practice of despots to use a part of the people to keep the rest in order.