The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop.

The Death of the contemporary forms of social order ought to gladden rather than trouble the soul. Yet what is frightening is that the departing world leaves behind it not an heir, but a pregnant widow. Between the death of the one and the birth of the other, much water will flow by, a long night of chaos and desolation will pass.

History knocks at a thousand gates at every moment, and the gatekeeper is chance. We shout into the mist for this one or that one to be opened for us, but through every gate are a thousand more. We need wit and courage to make our way while our way is making us.

The liberty of the individual is the greatest thing of all, it is on this and this alone that the true will of the people can develop.

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives him an artificial cheeriness, an artificial excitement; and the pleasure of this state is increased by the low level of civilization and the narrow empty life to which these men are confined.

I believe in nothing here, except a handful of people, a few ideas, and the fact that one cannot arrest movement.

The people is always expressive of the truth. The life of a people cannot be a lie.