Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
Take a winter as you find him and he turns out to be a thoroughly honest fellow with no nonsense in him: and tolerating none in you which is a great comfort in the long run.
Good heavens of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed ... if we only knew it. What incomes have we not had from a flower and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons.
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.