"Fear, Craft and Avarice Cannot rear a..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Persecution readily knits friendship between its victims.”

“We aim above the mark, to hit the mark. Every act hath some falsehood of exaggeration in it.”

“The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more.”

“It is the obligation of the ruler to continually renew himself in order to renew the people by his example.”

“A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle... Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good. It is vain to exclaim against the depravity of human nature on this account; the fact is so, the experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure, change the constitution of man, before we can make it otherwise. No institution, not built on the presumptive truth of these maxims can succeed.”

“The best fortress which a prince can possess is the affection of his people.”

“Reasoned and willing obedience to the laws of the State is the first lesson in non-co-operation.”

“No man ought to own more property than needed for his livelihood; the rest, by right, belonged to the state.”

“The state is not an organism capable of bringing either moral or material improvements to the populace...but merely a vehicle of power for the men and party in power.”