To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

Local self-government…is the life-blood of liberty.

To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.

The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

When did one man ever civilize a people?