“The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.”

“Save the world by torturing one innocent child? Which innocent child?”

“Politicians need citizens who will permit them to behave reasonably.”

“Those times you caught them out and showed them up -- they learned how stupid they are. But now you'll never hear the little song of their purring throats, and you'll never know what they think, when you say hello.”

“The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand.”

“As for Republicanism, no analogy could be found for it upon the face of the earth—unless we except the case of the "prairie dogs," an exception which seems to demonstrate, if anything, that democracy is a very admirable form of government—for dogs.”

“The Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.”