Better that right counsels be known to enemies than that the evil secrets of tyrants should be concealed from the citizens. They who can treat secretly of the affairs of a nation have it absolutely under their authority; and as they plot against the enemy in time of war, so do they against the citizens in time of peace.

To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

I do not presume that I have found the best philosophy, I know that I understand the true philosophy.

Men will find that they can ... avoid far more easily the perils which beset them on all sides by united action.

Philosophy has no end in view save truth; faith looks for nothing but obedience and piety.

Reality and perfection are synonymous.

Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.