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

We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.

When Philosophy with its abstractions paints grey in grey, the freshness and life of youth has gone, the reconciliation is not a reconciliation in the actual, but in the ideal world.

I have the courage to be mistaken.

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents; and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions.

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the , consciousness of freedom.