History Is Not A Burden On The

There Is No Worse Heresy Than That The Office Sanctifies The Holder Of It.

Government Rules The Present. Literature Rules The Future.

The History Of Institutions Is Often A History Of Deception And Illusions; For Their Virtue Depends On The Ideas That Produce And On The Spirit That Preserves Them, And The Form May Remain Unaltered When The Substance Has Passed Away.

False Principles, Which Correspond With The Bad As Well As With The Just Aspirations Of Mankind, Are A Normal And Necessary Element In The Social Life Of Nations.

Power Tends To Corrupt, And Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.