The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to slavery, for slavery consists in being subject to the will of another, and he that has not a vote in the election of representatives is in this case.

It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.

To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected

Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance.

Where there are no distinctions there can be no superiority; perfect equality affords no temptation.

It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.