He who first shortened the labor of copyists by device of movable types was disbanding hired armies, and cashiering most kings and senates, and creating a whole new democratic world: he had invented the art of printing.

No man who has once heartily and wholly laughed can be altogether irreclaimably bad.

Man is a tool-using animal...Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

The Book had in a high degree excited us to self-activity, which is the best effect of any book.

The Government of the absolute majority instead of the Government of the people is but the Government of the strongest interests; and when not efficiently chec…

The rule, acknowledged or not, seems to be that if we have great power we must use it. We would use a steam shovel to pick up a dime. We have experts who can p…

Qu'on me donne six lignes ecrites de la main du plus honnete homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.