God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

He that revels in a well-chosen library, has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour.

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

God himself has no right to be a tyrant.

There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness.

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.