"We do not say that a man who takes no interest in public affairs is a man who minds his own business. We say he has no business being here at all."

"Wealth is with us rather an opportunity for action than a subject for boasting."

"For the greatest penalty for not engaging in politics is to be governed by inferiors."

"We are free and open in our political life, and in our social relations we are not suspicious of one another."

"I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs."