Compulsion is the death of friendship, joy.

But you know as well as I, patriotism is a word; and one that generally comes to mean either my country, right or wrong, which is infamous, or my country is always right, which is imbecile.

Wit is the unexpected copulation of ideas.

There is still a wide misunderstanding on the difference between the obligation to maintain, and the duty to insure, and responsibility for repair following a casualty.

It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.