When my country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir.
Man did not enter society to be worse off, or to have fewer rights, but rather to have those rights better secured
A little matter will move a party, but it must be something great that moves a nation.
Wisdom degenerates in governments as governments increase in age.
Liberty cannot be purchased by a wish.
If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.