"The most important of man's rights is to be allowed to live in a society where he is free to choose his own religion, and to follow his own conscience."

"To remain silent is the most useful service a mediocre speaker can render to the public good."

"The greatest danger that threatens democracy is the abuse of liberty."

"The most important of all the advantages which democracy procures is not, as has been sometimes supposed, the good of all, but the greatest possible good of the greatest number."

"I have often thought that the most difficult thing for a man to do is to know himself."