Popular opinion is oftenest, what Carlyle pronounced it to be, a lie!

Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated.... There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust.

Wants awaken intellect. To gratify them disciplines intellect. The keener the want the lustier the growth.

Christianity is a battle, not a dream.

What gunpowder did for war, the printing-press has done for the mind; and the statesman is no longer clad in the steel of special education, but every reading man is his judge.

Insurrection of thought always precedes the insurrection of arms.

Example acquires tenfold authority when it speaks from the grave.