"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."

"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

"Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike."

"The ignorance of one who thinks he knows what he does not know, is the cause of all errors."