"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."

"Old establishments are tried by their effects. If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the government under which they are found to be good."

"The cold neutrality of an impartial judge."

"They who are in love with practice without theory are like the sailor who boards ship without rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast."

"People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors."