Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny a new oppression.

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.

I now add farther that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey and submit to such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good and so to the design of their office that it proves the direct contrary.

You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.

I like science and I love gym. Oh and I like art but I'm really bad at it. I'm just a terrible drawer. I can't draw a circle. Even with a ruler I can't draw a straight line.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.