"A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes, will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished."

"Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think…"

"Originality is the only thing which cannot be produced by any process of imitation."

"It is not the business of the law to make people good, but to prevent them from doing harm."

"The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race."