Independence now and independence forever.

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power vested in it; a liberty to follow my own will in all things when the rule prescribes not, and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, unknown, arbitrary rule of another man.

The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.

Freedom is to be free from restraint and violence from others.

Some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is considered to be discrimination.

The overwhelming importance of the atmosphere means that there are no longer any frontiers to defend against pollution, attack, or propaganda. It means, further, that only by a deep patriotic devotion to one’s country can there be a hope of the kind of protection of the whole planet, which is necessary for the survival of the people of other countries.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly two be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.

History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

The period is now arrived, in which either they or we must change our sentiments, or one or both must fall.