Instruct the mothers of the French people.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography.

Even at our birth, death does but stand aside a little. And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh.

The better organized you are in the simple things, the more spontaneous and free you can be in the ore important things.

Pity that consequences are determined not by excuses but by actions!

An atom-blaster is a good weapon, but it can point both ways.

What's on your mind becomes what's in your life. So think the thoughts you want to see.

I looked good when I sang the end.

The wheel is an extension of the foot, the book is an extension of the eye, clothing an extension of the skin, electric circuitry an extension of the central nervous system.

If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place but to be a different person.

What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin.