Eloquence is in the assembly, not merely in the speaker.
Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants it is the creed of slaves.
Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.
Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.
Poverty of course is no disgrace, but it is damned annoying.
Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?
The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords that where law ends, tyranny begins.
If I were an american, as I am an englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms, - never! Never! Never!
Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.
Where law ends, there tyranny begins.
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
