The Catholics Had Been In The Position

What History Teaches Us Is That Neither Nations Nor Governments Ever Learn Anything From It.

Philosophy Must Indeed Recognize The Possibility That The People Rise To It, But Must Not Lower Itself To The People.

Public Opinion Contains All Kinds Of Falsity And Truth, But It Takes A Great Man To Find The Truth In It. The Great Man Of The Age Is The One Who Can Put Into Words The Will Of His Age, Tell His Age What Its Will Is, And Accomplish It. What He Does Is The Heart And The Essence Of His Age, He Actualizes His Age. The Man Who Lacks Sense Enough To Despise Public Opinion Expressed In Gossip Will Never Do Anything Great.

Mere Goodness Can Achieve Little Against The Power Of Nature.

Governments Have Never Learned Anything From History, Or Acted On Principles Deducted From It.