Power Is Not Happiness. Security And Peace

Revolution Is Engendered By An Indignation With Tyranny, Yet Is Itself Pregnant With Tyranny.... An Attempt To Scrutinize Men's Thoughts And Punish Their Opinions Is Of All Kinds Of Despotism The Most Odious: Yet This Is Peculiarly Character Of A Period Of Revolution.... There Is No Period More At War With The Existence Of Liberty.

But The Watchful Care Of The Parent Is Endless. The Youth Is Never Free From The Danger Of Grating Interference.

Above All We Should Not Forget, That Government Is An Evil, An Usurpation Upon The Private Judgment And Individual Conscience Of Mankind.

Make Men Wise, And By That Very Operation You Make Them Free. Civil Liberty Follows As A Consequence Of This; No Usurped Power Can Stand Against The Artillery Of Opinion.

The First Duty Of Man Is To Take None Of The Principles Of Conduct Upon Trust; To Do Nothing Without A Clear And Individual Conviction That It Is Right To Be Done.