The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.