But is an enemy so execrable that tho in captivity his wishes and comforts are to be disregarded and even crossed? I think not. It is for the benefit of mankind to mitigate the horrors of war as much as possible.

If you have any duty which must be done, and it seems disagreeable, do it promptly and have it over.

Honesty and interest are as intimately connected in the public as in the private code of morality.

As government grows, freedom recedes.

Although we are free by the law, we are not so in practice.

This institution will be based on the illimitable freedom of the human mind. For here we are not afraid to follow truth wherever it may lead, not tolerate error as long as reason is left free to combat it.

It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.