Fanaticism In Religion Is The

We Are Not Sure We Are Right Until We Have Made The Best Case Possible For Those Who Are Wrong.

It Is Easier To Find People Fit To Govern Themselves Than People Fit To Govern Others.

History Is Not Only A Particular Branch Of Knowledge, But A Particular Mode And Method Of Knowledge In Other Branches.

A Generous Spirit Prefers That His Country Should Be Poor, And Weak, And Of No Account, But Free, Rather Than Powerful, Prosperous, And Enslaved.

Liberty Is Not A Means To A Higher Political End. It Is Itself The Highest Political End...liberty Is The Only Object Which Benefits All Alike, And Provokes No Sincere Opposition...the Danger Is Not That A Particular Class Is Unfit To Govern. ~ Every Class Is Unfit To Govern ... Power Tends To Corrupt, And Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. Great Men Are Almost Always Bad Men.