There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
You can never plan the future by the past.
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
All government -- indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act -- is founded on compromise and barter.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist in our helper.
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedients, and by parts.
We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.
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