Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom.

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future.

Government is essentially immoral.

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.