A Great Empire And Little

A Thing May Look Specious In Theory, And Yet Be Ruinous In Practice; A Thing May Look Evil In Theory, And Yet Be In Practice Excellent.

Whatever Each Man Can Separately Do, Without Trespassing Upon Others, He Has A Right To Do For Himself; And He Has A Right To A Fair Portion Of All Which Society, With All It Combinations Of Skill And Force, Can Do In His Favor. In This Partnership All Men Have Equal Rights; But Not To Equal Things.

Men Have No Right To What Is Not Reasonable, And To What Is Not For Their Benefit.

Flattery Is No More Than What Raises In A Man's Mind An Idea Of A Preference Which He Has Not.

Those Who Attempt To Level Never Equalize