Induction is a process of inference; it proceeds from the known to the unknown.

If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.

To tax the larger incomes at a higher percentage than the smaller, is to lay a tax on industry and economy; to impose a penalty on people for having worked harder and saved more than their neighbors.

One person with a belief is equal to ninety-nine who have only interests.

The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than in attempting to satisfy them.

Liberty lies in the rights of that person whose views you find most odious.

If you’re in a position to lift someone off the ground

Underneath the Triple Tree there is a man who waits for me and should I go or should I stay my fate’s the same either way.

[Audubon's works are] the most splendid monuments which art has erected in honor of ornithology.

Madness such as this, its like trying to stop a fire with the moisture from a kiss

Age is provident because the less future we have the more we fear it.

No man who is in a hurry is quite civilised.

There's life and death in every email.

Human beings tolerate what they understand they have to tolerate.

The time is 'now' to do something - don't drag your feet.

Then, Sir, we will give them the bayonet!