I have sometimes asked myself whether my country is the better for my having lived at all? I do not know that it is. I have been the instrument of doing the following things; but they would have been done by others; some of them, perhaps, a little better.

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

A little revolution is a good thing.

It is not too soon to provide by every possible means that as few as possible shall be without a little portion of land. The small landholders are the most precious part of a state.

I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere.

Ambition is a tricky little animal to tame. It is very skillful at concealing itself from its master.

A great deal of love given to a few is better than a little to many.

A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both, and deserve neither.

If the happiness of the mass of mankind can be secured at the expense of a little tempest now and then, or even of a little blood, it will be a precious purchase.