For Centuries It Was Never Discovered That

The Fate Of Every Democracy, Of Every Government Based On The Sovereignty Of The People, Depends On The Choices It Makes Between These Opposite Principles, Absolute Power On The One Hand, And On The Other The Restraints Of Legality And The Authority Of Tradition.

A Public Man Has No Right To Let His Actions Be Determined By Particular Interests. He Does The Same Thing As A Judge Who Accepts A Bribe. Like A Judge He Must Consider What Is Right, Not What Is Advantageous To A Party Or Class.

I Mourn For The Stake Which Was Lost At Richmond More Deeply Than I Rejoice Over That Which Was Saved At Waterloo.

There Is No Error So Monstrous That It Fails To Find Defenders Among The Ablest Men. Imagine A Congress Of Eminent Celebrities, Such As More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, Etc. The Result Would Be An Encyclopedia Of Error.

The Epoch Of Doubt And Transition During Which The Greeks Passed From The Dim Fancies Of Mythology To The Fierce Light Of Science Was The Age Of Pericles, And The Endeavour To Substitute Certain Truth For The Prescriptions Of Impaired Authorities, Which Was Then Beginning To Absorb The Energies Of The Greek Intellect, Is The Grandest Movement In The Profane Annals Of Mankind, For To It We Owe, Even After The Immeasurable Progress Accomplished By Christianity, Much Of Our Philosophy And Far The Better Part Of The Political Knowledge We Possess.