"I have a very high opinion of myself."

"I have a mind that is perpetually at war with itself."

"Safety and happiness are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all ought to be sacrificed."

"It has been said that the people are not fit for self-government. This is a libel upon the people."

"Men are governed by their passions, and it is by working on these passions that we are to govern them."