“Now as to politeness... I would venture to call it benevolence in trifles.”

“Unlimited power corrupts the possessor and this I know that where law ends there tyranny begins.”

“Death is softer by far than tyranny.”

“Of all the tyrannies that affect mankind, tyranny in religion is the worst.”

“He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.”