"I think we must get rid of..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I suppose an entire cabinet of shells would be an expression of the whole human mind; a Flora of the whole globe would be so likewise, or a history of beasts; or a painting of all the aspects of the clouds. Everything is significant.”

“The advantage in education is always with those children who slip up into life without being objects of notice.”

“This valley is the only place that comes up to the brag about it, and exceeds it.”

“A people unused to restraint must be led, they will not be drove.”

“Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.”

“The attempt to suppress an idea has always and everywhere proved a failure.”

“No man on earth is truly free, All are slaves of money or necessity. Public opinion or fear of prosecution forces each one, against his conscience, to conform.”

“I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it - but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by Legislative authority: and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.”

“Either you are a citizen or you are not a citizen at all. If you are citizen, you are free; if youre not a citizen you are a slave.”