Every Man Meets His Waterloo

Baron Grimm Declared That, As A Rule, It Was Easy For Little Minds To Attain Splendid Positions, Because They Devoted All Their Ability To The One Object.

There Is A Very Broad Theory That Society Gets The Right To Hang, As The Individual Gets The Right To Defend Himself. Suppose She Does; There Are Certain Principles Which Limit This Right. Society Has Got The Murderer Within Four Walls; He Never Can Do Any More Harm. Has Society Any Need To Take That Man's Life To Protect Itself? If Any Society Has Only The Right That The Individual Has, She Has No Right To Inflict The Penalty Of Death, Because She Can Effectually Restrain The Individual From Ever Again Committing His Offence.

Politics Is But The Common Pulse-beat, Of Which Revolution Is The Fever-spasm.

The Condition Upon Which God Hath Given Liberty To Man Is Eternal Vigilance.

The Republic Which Sinks To Sleep, Trusting To Constitutions And Machinery, To Politicians And Statesmen, For The Safety Of Its Liberties, Never Will Have Any.