“May Odin give you knowledge on your path, May Thor grant you strength and courage on your way, And may Loki give you laughter as you go.”

“The principle that the majority have a right to rule the minority, practically resolves all government into a mere contest between two bodies of men, as to which of them shall be masters, and which of them slaves; a contest, that — however bloody — can, in the nature of things, never be finally closed, so long as man refuses to be a slave.”