Freedom to preach was first gained, dragging in its train freedom to print.

Political convulsions, like geological upheavings usher in new epochs of the world's progress.

Experience is a safe light to walk by, and he is not a rash man who expects to succeed in future from the same means which have secured it in times past.

No class is safe unless government is so arranged that each class has in its hands the means of protecting itself. That is the idea of republics.

There is nothing stronger than human prejudice. A crazy sentimentalism, like that of Peter the Hermit, hurled half of Europe upon Asia, and changed the destinies of kingdoms.

The heart beats louder and the soul hears quicker in silence and solitude.

My advice to a young man seeking deathless fame would be to espouse an unpopular cause and devote his life to it.