Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.
The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.
Every man, when he comes to be sensible of his natural rights, and to feel his own importance, will consider himself as fully equal to any other person whatever.
In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.
Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.
Where an excess of power prevails, property of no sort is duly respected. No man is safe in his opinions, his person, his faculties, or his possessions.