"Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness; wrong as they tend to produce the..." — John Stuart Mill

That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of the time.

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.