"The true character of liberty is independence,..." - Quote by Voltaire

“In this country we find it pays to shoot an admiral from time to time to encourage the others.”

“It would be easier to subjugate the entire universe through force than the minds of a single village.”

“What is madness? To have erroneous perceptions and to reason correctly from them.”

“In a government bottomed on the will of all, the... liberty of every individual citizen becomes interesting to all.”

“To freemen, threats are impotent.”

“God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, 'This is my Country.'”

“I won’t react to something just because I’m supposed to, because I’m an African-American.”

“Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.”

“The pilgrimage to Swaraj is a painful climb.”