My Country Is Wherever Liberty Lives.

But If Objects For Gratitude And Admiration Are Our Desire, Do They Not Present Themselves Every Hour To Our Eyes?

Reputation Is What Men And Women Think Of Us; Character Is What God And Angels Know Of Us.

And As To You, Sir, Treacherous In Private Friendship And A Hypocrite In Public Life, The World Will Be Puzzled To Decide Whether You Are An Apostate Or An Impostor; Whether You Have Abandoned Good Principles, Or Whether You Ever Had Any.

"government," Says Swift, "is A Plain Thing, And Fitted To The Capacity Of Many Heads."

Character Is Much Easier Kept Than Recovered.