"Even despotism does not produce its worst effects, so long as individuality exists under it; and whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called, and whether it professe…"

"Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth."

"The love of money is the root of all evil: but the love of liberty is the root of all good."

"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."

"Every man who says frankly and without cant, what he thinks, will be in some way a benefactor to his age."