"It is a general error, to imagine the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare."

"The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion."

"The individual is foolish; the multitude, for the moment, is foolish, when they act without deliberation; but the species is wise, and, when time is given to it, as a species, it always acts right."

"It is a general error to imagine that those whom we call authors are the only writers. There is another class of writers, and a very numerous one, who are in the habit of writing without ever putting …"

"The effect of liberty to individuals is, that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations."