Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!

The Christian religion begins with a dream and ends with a murder.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

War ought to be no man's wish.

It is unnatural that a pure stream should flow from a foul fountain its vices are but a continuation of the vices of its origin. A man of moral honor and good political principles, cannot submit to the mean drudgery and disgraceful arts, by which such elections are carried. To be a successful candidate, he must be destitute of the qualities that constitute a just legislator: and being thus disciplined to corruption it is not to be expected that the representative should be better than the man.

Some people can be reasoned into sense, and others must be shocked into it.

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security.