William GodwinThinkers

Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit.

Justice is the sum of all moral duty.

Law is made for man and not man for it. Wherever we can be sure that the most valuable interests of a nation require that we should decide one way, that way we ought to decide.

Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.

Sympathy is one of the principles most widely rooted in our nature: We rejoice to see ourselves reflected in another... and, perversely enough, we sometimes have a secret pleasure in seeing the sin which dwells in ourselves existing under a deformed and monstrous aspect in another.