A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Society is the union of men and not the men themselves.
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.
Men are beginning to realize that they are not individuals but persons in society, that man alone is weak and adrift, that he must seek strength in common action.
Few things are impracticable in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed.
During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man.
Men must know their limitations.
Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences.
Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.