In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

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

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

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.

Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.

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

The ferocious inroads of the Normans scared many weak and timid persons into servitude.