God Himself Has No Right To Be

Whenever Government Assumes To Deliver Us From The Trouble Of Thinking For Ourselves, The Only Consequences It Produces Are Those Of Torpor And Imbecility.

Revolution Is Engendered By An Indignation With Tyranny, Yet Is Itself Pregnant With Tyranny.... An Attempt To Scrutinize Men's Thoughts And Punish Their Opinions Is Of All Kinds Of Despotism The Most Odious: Yet This Is Peculiarly Character Of A Period Of Revolution.... There Is No Period More At War With The Existence Of Liberty.

Perseverance Is An Active Principle, And Cannot Continue To Operate But Under The Influence Of Desire.

Study With Desire Is Real Activity; Without Desire It Is But The Semblance And Mockery Of Activity.

What Indeed Is Life, Unless So Far As It Is Enjoyed? It Does Not Merit The Name.