For us, mind has nature for its premise, being nature's truth and for that reason its absolute prius. In this truth nature has vanished, and mind has resulted as the idea arrived at being-for-itself, the object of which, as well as the subject, is the concept. This identity is absolute negativity, for whereas in nature the concept has its perfect external objectivity, this its alienation has been superseded, and in this alienation the concept has become identical with itself. But it is this identity therefore, only in being a return out of nature.

What is rational is actual and what is actual is rational

The real is the rational and the rational is the real.

It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: Is it true in and for itself?

As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity.

The State is the absolute reality and the individual himself has objective existence, truth and morality only in his capacity as a member of the State.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.