In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.
In the general course of human nature, A power over a man’s subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
In the main it will be found that a power over a man’s support (salary) is a power over his will.
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased.
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.