"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

"A perfect democracy is, therefore, the most shameless thing in the world."

"The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment, is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species, it always acts right."

"The greatest crimes are not committed by 'hot and passionate' men, but by 'cold and deliberate' ones."

"It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do."