The best use of good laws is to teach men to trample bad laws under their feet.

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

How prudently most men creep into nameless graves, while now and then one or two forget themselves into immortality.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

We measure genius by quality, not by quantity.

Christianity is a battle, not a dream.