"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country."
"And for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor."
"It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself."
"There is nothing more unequal than the equal treatment of unequal people."
"I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led."
"Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"