The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.
The basis of a democratic state is liberty
Evidence from torture may be considered completely untrustworthy
The true nature of anything is what it becomes at its highest.
There is honor in being a dog.
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.