The Possession Of Unlimited Power Corrodes The

Machiavelli's Teaching Would Hardly Have Stood The Test Of Parliamentary Government, For Public Discussion Demands At Least The Profession Of Good Faith.

The One Pervading Evil Of Democracy Is The Tyranny Of The Majority.

A Generous Spirit Prefers That His Country Should Be Poor, And Weak, And Of No Account, But Free, Rather Than Powerful, Prosperous, And Enslaved.

Piety Sometimes Gives Birth To Scruples, And Faith To Superstition, When They Are Not Directed By Wisdom And Knowledge.

History Is The Arbiter Of Controversy, The Monarch Of All She Surveys.