No philosopher's stone of a constitution can produce golden conduct from leaden instincts.

A function to each organ, and each organ to its own function, is the law of all organization.

Whatever fosters militarism makes for barbarism; whatever fosters peace makes for civilization.

The forces which are working out the great scheme of perfect happiness, taking no account of incidental suffering, exterminate such sections of mankind as stand in their way, with the same sternness that they exterminate beasts of prey and herds of useless ruminants.

It must be admitted that the conception of virtue cannot be separated from the conception of happiness-producing conduct.

When men hire themselves out to shoot other men to order, asking nothing about the justice of their cause, I don't care if they are shot themselves.

In assuming any office besides its essential one, the State begins to lose the power of fulfilling its essential one.