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A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.

If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of his office, then he has a right and, under some circumstances, also an obligation to resign.

Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life.

It is his restraint that is honorable to a person, not their liberty.

He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.

It is right to endure with resignation what the gods send, and to face one's enemies with courage.

The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

You cannot deprive somebody of life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, because that is a right - constitutional right.