“None who have always been free can understand the terrible fascinating power of the hope of freedom to those who are not free”

“To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life”

“The less of government the better, if society were kept in peace and prosperity.”

“God tolerates even our stammering, and pardons our ignorance whenever something inadvertently escapes us - as, indeed, without this mercy there would be no freedom to pray”

“Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower ”

“Only the educated are free”