“A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life”

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors”

“The world is governed by opinion”

“You have not converted a man because you have silenced him”

“Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion”

“No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority”