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I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.



Laws for the liberal education of youth, especially for the lower classes of people, are so extremely wise and useful that to a humane and generous mind, no expense for this purpose would be thought extravagant.



The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty



You have rights antecedent to all earthly governments; rights that cannot be repealed or restrained by human laws; right derived from the Great Legislator of the Universe



The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice.



Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart



Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.



The way to secure liberty is to place it in the people's hands, that is, to give them the power at all times to defend it in the legislature and in the courts of justice



If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind, whom should we serve?



Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.



If (the) empire of superstition and hypocrisy should be overthrown, happy indeed will it be for the world; but if all religion and morality should be overthrown with it, what advantages will be gained? The doctrine of human equality is founded entire



I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain



It is weakness rather than wickedness which renders men unfit to be trusted with unlimited power



Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases



Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.








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