"There are two sorts of tyranny: one real, which consists in the violence of the government; and the other of opinion, which is felt when those who govern establish things that clash with the notions o…"

"It is always the case that the less a man thinks, the more he talks."

"A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century."

"In a true state of nature, all men are born equal, but they cannot remain so. Society makes them lose their equality, and they can recover it only by the laws."

"I have never heard of anything so insolent as to propose to the English Parliament to give up their liberty by their own consent."