Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources.
From Herbert Spencer
We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.
Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror.
Marriage: A word which should be pronounced 'mirage'.
Government is essentially immoral.
The Republican form of government is the highest form of government: but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature, a type nowhere at present existing.
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