February 13, 2025

No example is so dangerous, as that of violence employed by well-meaning people for beneficial objects.

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.

You don’t mind dying for Queen and country, but you certainly don’t want to die for politicians.