From the east to the west blow the trumpet to arms! Through the land let the sound of it flee; Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, In defense of our Liberty Tree.

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

The cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.

... a thirst for power is the natural disease of monarchy.

Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. The thing is perfectly harmless in itself, but it marks a sort of foppery in the human character, which degrades it.

It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.

It is the madness of folly, to expect mercy from those who have refused to do justice; and even mercy, where conquest is the object, is only a trick of war; the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf.