In Cases Where Every Thing Is Understood,

Obey; This May Be Right; But Beware Of Reverence.... Government Is Nothing But Regulated Force; Force Is Its Appropriate Claim Upon Your Attention. It Is The Business Of Individuals To Persuade; The Tendency Of Concentrated Strength, Is Only To Give Consistency And Permanence To An Influence More Compendious Than Persuasion.

Government Can Have No More Than Two Legitimate Purposes - The Suppression Of Injustice Against Individuals Within The Community, And The Common Defense Against External Invasion.

Hereditary Wealth Is In Reality A Premium Paid To Idleness.

There Can Be No Passion, And By Consequence No Love, Where There Is Not Imagination.

The Philosophy Of The Wisest Man That Ever Existed, Is Mainly Derived From The Act Of Introspection.