“A government of laws, and not of men.”
“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.”
“Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.”
“Do not disturb my circles.”
“Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the earth.”
“Whirl is king, having driven out Zeus.”
“Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the best friend and adviser of the poor.”
“Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever.”
“By words the mind is winged.”
“Under every stone lurks a politician.”
“We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it.”
“Orthodoxy is a relaxation of the mind accompanied by a stiffening of the heart.”
“The distrust of wit is the beginning of tyranny.”
“Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners.”
“When the situation is hopeless, there's nothing to worry about.”
“Better a cruel truth than a comfortable delusion.”
“The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws.”
“If wilderness is outlawed, only outlaws can save wilderness.”
“Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.”