When the government is robbed, the worst that happens is that certain rogues and loafers have less money to play with than they had before.

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right…

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

'Tis more blessed to give than to receive; for example, wedding presents.