Self-preservation And Self-denial: The Basis Of All

That Great Political Idea, Sanctifying Freedom And Consecrating It To God, Teaching Men To Treasure The Liberties Of Others As Their Own And To Defend Them For The Love Of Justice And Charity More Than As A Claim Of Right, Has Been The Soul Of What Is Great And Good In The Progress Of The Last Two Hundred Years.

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.

Learn As Much By Writing As By Reading.

Though Oppression May Give Rise To Violent And Repeated Outbreaks, Like The Convulsions Of A Man In Pain, It Cannot Mature A Settled Purpose And Plan Of Regeneration, Unless A New Notion Of Happiness Is Joined To The Sense Of Present Evil.

Liberty Has Not Only Enemies Which It Conquers, But Perfidious Friends, Who Rob The Fruits Of Its Victories: Absolute Democracy, Socialism.