Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it.

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others.

False gods must be repudiated, but that is not all: The reasons for their existence must be sought beneath their masks.

Laws to suppress tend to strengthen what they would prohibit. This is the fine point on which all legal professions of history have based their job security.

You can no more bridle passions with logic than you can justify them in the law courts. Passions are facts and not dogmas.

Human development is a form of chronological unfairness, since late-comers are able to profit by the labors of their predecessors without paying the same price.

One must open men's eyes, not tear them out.