"The more perfect civilization is, the less occasion has it for government, because the more does it regulate its own affairs, and govern itself."

"It is better to suffer a little evil than to do a great deal of good in a wrong way."

"Character is much easier kept than recovered."

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."

"An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot."