A celebrated north country apostle, who, after Calvin had damned ninety-nine in a hundred of mankind, had contrived a scheme for damning ninety-nine in a hundred of the followers of Calvin.

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

The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good.

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

No maxim can be more pernicious than that which would teach us to consult the temper of the times, and to tell only so much as we imagine our contemporaries will be able to bear.

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

If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind.