...for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire.

From the errors of other nations, let us learn wisdom.

Every Tory is a coward; for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.

Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.

The first was a government of priestcraft, the second of conquerors, and the third of reason.

The error of those who reason by precedents drawn from antiquity, respecting the rights of man, is that they do not go far enough into antiquity.

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.