Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.
The Puritan did not stop to think; he recognized God in his soul, and acted.
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.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty; power is ever stealing from the many to the few.
One on God's side is a majority.
What the Puritans gave the world was not thought, but action.