Albert Bushnell Hart

From William of Orange to William Pitt the younger there was but one man without whom English history must have taken a different turn, and that was William Pitt the elder.

Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous; but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions.

The participation of the people in their own government was the more significant, because the colonies actually had what England only seemed to have, - three departments of government.

If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.

Money grants you freedom, I guess.

Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.