Absolute Power Demoralizes.

Fanaticism Displays Itself In The Masses; But The Masses Were Rarely Fanaticised; And The Crimes Ascribed To It Were Commonly Due To The Calculations Of Dispassionate Politicians.

History Provides Neither Compensation For Suffering Nor Penalties For Wrong.

Political Differences Essentially Depend On Disagreement In Moral Principles.

Liberty Is Not A Means To A Higher Political End. It Is Itself The Highest Political End.

The Science Of Politics Is The One Science That Is Deposited By The Streams Of History, Like The Grains Of Gold In The Sand Of A River; And The Knowledge Of The Past, The Record Of Truths Revealed By Experience, Is Eminently Practical, As An Instrument Of Action And A Power That Goes To Making The Future.