"The government of a country by a mere numerical majority, is a thing which cannot be permanent."

"The world would be a gainer if it were more generally understood that the present moral education of mankind is of a very imperfect kind."

"The tendency of all changes of a progressive kind, is to give increased ascendancy to the comparatively uninstructed many."

"It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied."

"A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury."