"The government of a country, by a part of the people, is, for all purposes of good government, an equally objectionable form of government with that of a single despot."

"Absoluteness of power is the most seductive of all illusions."

"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a …"

"I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them."

"The only freedom which consists in doing what one likes, without regard to the tastes and feelings of other people, is not freedom at all."