No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to dictate t…

- William Godwin

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

- William Godwin

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very …

- William Godwin

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.

- William Godwin

Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.

- William Godwin

The wise man is satisfied with nothing.

- William Godwin

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

- William Godwin

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is…

- William Godwin

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbec…

- William Godwin