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

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties, and history bears witness to the fact that a just nation is trusted on its word when recourse is had to armaments and wars to bridle others.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

I have lived temperately....I double the doctor's recommendation of a glass and a half wine each day and even treble it with a friend.

The functionaries of every government have propensities to command at will the liberty and property of their constituents.

An enlightened citizenry is indispensable for the proper functioning of a republic. Self-government is not possible unless the citizens are educated sufficiently to enable them to exercise oversight. It is therefore imperative that the nation see to it that a suitable education be provided for all its citizens.