If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.