To Conceive That Compulsion And Punishment Are

Duty Is That Mode Of Action On The Part Of The Individual Which Constitutes The Best Possible Application Of His Capacity To The General Benefit.

Obey; This May Be Right; But Beware Of Reverence.... Government Is Nothing But Regulated Force; Force Is Its Appropriate Claim Upon Your Attention. It Is The Business Of Individuals To Persuade; The Tendency Of Concentrated Strength, Is Only To Give Consistency And Permanence To An Influence More Compendious Than Persuasion.

The Virtue Of A Human Being Is The Application Of His Capacity To The General Good.

If He Who Employs Coercion Against Me Could Mould Me To His Purposes By Argument, No Doubt He Would. He Pretends To Punish Me Because His Argument Is Strong; But He Really Punishes Me Because His Argument Is Weak.

Make Men Wise, And By That Very Operation You Make Them Free. Civil Liberty Follows As A Consequence Of This; No Usurped Power Can Stand Against The Artillery Of Opinion.