Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.
William GodwinIf ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.
William GodwinThe real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men. The first of these a just philosophy will probably induce us universally to explode.
William GodwinThe diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.
William Godwin