"For we are a democracy, and our laws are equal to all alike in their private disputes, but in public, we are ruled by the will of the majority."

"Your empire is now like a tyranny: it may have been wrong to acquire it, but it is certainly dangerous to let it go."

"Time is the wisest counselor of all."

"For we are the only people who deem him that takes no part in public business not as unambitious but as useless."

"I am of the opinion that the individual who takes no part in public affairs is not to be regarded as a harmless, but as a useless character."