“There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.”
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The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
I never expect to see a perfect work from an imperfect man.
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself and can never be erased.
Real firmness is good for anything strut is good for nothing.
