The man who will not investigate both sides of a question is dishonest.
* * * * *
The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or
even one hundred defeats.
* * * * *
The authors of the Declaration of Independence meant it to be a
stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn free
people back into the paths of despotism.
I have always thought that all men should be free, but if any should be
slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and
secondly those who desire it for others.
If there is anything that it is the duty of the whole people never to
intrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and
perpetuity of their own liberties.