I have not yet lost a feeling of wonder, and of delight, that the delicate motion should reside in all the things around us, revealing itself only to him who looks for it.

A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Without such means it might even risk the loss of that part of the constitution which it wished the most religiously to preserve.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

Free trade is not based on utility but on justice.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

A government of five hundred country attornies and obscure curates is not good for twenty-four millions of men, though it were chosen by eight and forty millions; nor is it the better for being guided by a dozen of persons of quality, who have betrayed their trust in order to obtain that power.

Party is a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.

To read without reflecting is like eating without digesting.