The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes on those which were best and greatest it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.
I think the first duty of society is justice.
Power over a man's subsistence is power over his will.
In the main it will be found that a power over a man's support (salary) is a...
In politics as in religion it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes...
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
In the general course of human nature A power over a man's subsistence...
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty that makes human nature rise above...
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments...
When the sword is once drawn the passions of men observe no bounds of...
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning...
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will...
It's not tyranny we desire it's a just limited federal government.
Real firmness is good for anything strut is good for nothing.
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God and however...
Learn to think continentally.
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions the reason is that...
Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.
