February 13, 2025

The greatest gift of any statesman rests not in knowing what concessions to make, but recognizing when to make them.

No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion. In other words, people will always say and do what their neighbours say and do, no matter what the law allows or forbids or has nothing to say on a subject.

I believe democracy to be of all forms of government the most natural, the most consonant with individual liberty.