It is questionable if all the mechanical inventions yet made have lightened the day`s toil of any human being.
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.
The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others.