Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of...#Power, #Society
The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance...#Happiness, #Knowledge
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either [aristocracy or monarchy]. Remember, democracy never...#Democracy
I cannot conceive such a Being could make such a Species as the human, merely...#Death And Dying, #Living, #Mankind
Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart#Grief
Inequalities of mind and body are so established by God Almighty, in his constitution of...#God, #Mind
Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of...#God, #Law And Lawyers
The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched...#BWriting, #Freedom, #Thinking
I never engaged in public affairs for my own interest, pleasure, envy, jealousy, avarice or...#Jealousy
