To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.

Philosophy is by its nature something esoteric, neither made for the mob nor capable of being prepared for the mob.

Before the end of Time will be the end of History. Before the end of History will be the end of Art.

When individuals and nations have once got in their heads the abstract concept of full-blown liberty, there is nothing like it in its uncontrollable strength.

The people are that part of the state that does not know what it wants.

What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.

Children are potentially free and their life directly embodies nothing save potential freedom. Consequently they are not things and cannot be the property either of their parents or others.