“It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.”

“When everything is a law, nothing is a law.”

“It is better to fail at perfection than it is to succeed at mediocrity.”

“In short, self-rule is workable only when a people are self-sufficient enough to reject the hierarchic system as it stands.”

“It is a truth widely recognized that tyranny stems from the consent of the governed as much as democracy does.”