The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.

Every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society; and this is all the laws should enforce on him.

Our rulers can have authority over such natural rights only as we have submitted to them.

The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, in-as-much as he who knows nothing is nearer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehood and errors.

The children of Israel in the wilderness, led by a cloud by day, and a pillar of fire by night.

I'd rather have newspapers and no government than government and no newspapers.

A government is republican in proportion as every member composing it has his equal voice in the direction of its concerns, not indeed in person, which would be impracticable beyond the limits of a city or small township, but by representatives chosen by himself and responsible to him at short periods.