The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.
No free people can lose their liberties while they are jealous of liberty. But the liberties of the freest people are in danger when they set up symbols of liberty as fetishes, worshipping the symbol instead of the principle it represents.
Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.
The heritage of the past is the seed that brings forth the harvest of the future.
The best use of good laws is to teach men to trample bad laws under their feet.
Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.