Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.
What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.
Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.
Revolutions are not made: they come. A revolution is as natural a growth as an oak. It comes out of the past. Its foundations are laid far back.
Immoral laws are doubtless void, and should not be obeyed.
Wants awaken intellect. To gratify them disciplines intellect. The keener the want the lustier the growth.