“Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.”

“One ought to be afraid of nothing other then things possessed of power to do us harm, but things innoucuous need not be feared.”

“This life is a hospital where every patient is possessed with the desire to change beds; one man would like to suffer in front of the stove, and another believes that he would recover his health beside the window.”

“Justice has always evoked ideas of equality, of proportion of compensation. Equity signifies equality. Rules and regulations, right and righteousness are concerned with equality in value.If all men are equal, then all men are of the same essence, and the common essence entitles them of the same fundamental rights and equal liberty... In short justice is another name of liberty, equality and fraternity.”

“History has shown time and time again thatthere is no such thing as all things being equal. That is why Jeffersonwrote that our inalienable rights were life, liberty, and the pursuit ofhappiness. Nothing is guaranteed in life, especially happiness.”

“There ought to be some mode of life where all love is good, where one love can't compete with another but adds to it.”