Swords Were Given To Men, That None

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.

There May Be A Hundred Thousand Men In An Army, Who Are All Equally Free; But They Only Are Naturally Most Fit To Be Commanders Or Leaders, Who Most Excel In The Virtues Required For The Right Performance Of Those Offices.

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

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

We Cannot Distinguish Truth From Falsehood, Right From Wrong, Or Know What Obedience We Owe To The Magistrate, Or What We May Justly Expect From Him, Unless We Know What He Is, Why He Is, And By Whom He Is Made To Be What He Is.... I Cannot Know How To Obey Unless I Know In What, And To Whom; Nor In What Unless I Know What Ought To Be Commanded; Nor What Ought To Be Commanded Unless I Understand The Original Right Of The Commander, Which Is The Great Arcanum.