It Is Harder To Preserve Than To

Property Is In Its Nature Timid And Seeks Protection, And Nothing Is More Gratifying To Government Than To Become A Protector.

It Would Be Well For Those Interested To Reflect Whether There Now Exists, Or Ever Has Existed, A Wealthy And Civilized Community In Which One Portion Did Not Live On The Labor Of Another; And Whether The Form In Which Slavery Exists In The South Is Not But One Modification Of This Universal Condition... Let Those Who Are Interested Remember That Labor Is The Only Source Of Wealth, And How Small A Portion Of It, In All Old And Civilized Countries, Even The Best Governed, Is Left To Those By Whose Labor Wealth Is Created.

In Looking Back, I See Nothing To Regret, And Little To Correct.

Government Has No Right To Control Individual Liberty Beyond What Is Necessary To The Safety And Well-being Of Society. Such Is The Boundary Which Separates The Power Of The Government And The Liberty Of The Citizen Or Subject In The Political State.

Irresponsible Power Is Inconsistent With Liberty, And Must Corrupt Those Who Exercise It.