Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.
William GodwinWhenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.
William GodwinMan is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.
William Godwin