The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.
~ George Bancroft
Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.
The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of another.
