"As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever."

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

"When shall it be said in any country of the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance or distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes not oppressive; the rational world is my friend because I am friend of its happiness. When these things can be said, then may that country boast of its constitution and government."

"Not only is another world possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing."