The virtue of man is, in a word, the great proof of God.
Getting its history wrong is part of being a nation.
It is through Christianity that Judaism has really conquered the world. Christianity is the masterpiece of Judaism.
The epic disappeared along with the age of personal heroism; there can be no epic with artillery.
The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.
To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.