Men Lived Like Fishes; The Great Ones

Swords Were Given To Men, That None Might Be Slaves, But Such As Know Not How To Use Them.

[i]f Vice And Corruption Prevail, Liberty Cannot Subsist; But If Virtue Have The Advantage, Arbitrary Power Cannot Be Established.

I Will Believe In The Right Of One Man To Govern A Nation Despotically When I Find A Man Born Unto The World With Boots And Spurs, And A Nation With Saddles On Their Backs.

Many Things Are Unknown To The Wisest, And The Best Men Can Never Wholly Divest Themselves Of Passions And Affections... Nothing Can Or Ought To Be Permanent But That Which Is Perfect.

Laws And Constitutions Ought To Be Weighed... To Constitute That Which Is Most Conducing To The Establishment Of Justice And Liberty.