"The people are the only censors of their governors: and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution."

"History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is."

"I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just."

"In every country where man is free to think and to speak, differences of opinion will arise from the differences of their perceptions."

"We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a feather-bed."