Power Tends To Corrupt, And Absolute Power

I Mourn For The Stake Which Was Lost At Richmond More Deeply Than I Rejoice Over That Which Was Saved At Waterloo.

Liberty Is Not The Power Of Doing What We Like, But The Right Of Being Able To Do What We Ought.

In Every Age Its (liberty's) Progress Has Been Beset By Its Natural Enemies, By Ignorance And Superstition, By Lust Of Conquest And By Love Of Ease, By The Strong Man's Craving For Power, And The Poor Man's Craving For Food

Great Men Are Almost Always Bad Men, Even When They Exercise Influence And Not Authority...

Piety Sometimes Gives Birth To Scruples, And Faith To Superstition, When They Are Not Directed By Wisdom And Knowledge.