It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government.

The best commentary on the principles of government which has ever been written.

The reward of esteem, respect and gratitude [is] due to those who devote their time and efforts to render the youths of every successive age fit governors for the next.

It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wrong.

The merchants will manage [commerce] the better, the more they are left free to manage for themselves.

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I am entirely persuaded that the agitations of the public mind advance its powers, and that at every vibration between the points of liberty and despotism, something will be gained for the former. As men become better informed, their rulers must respect them the more.