Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.

I do not call reason that brutal reason which crushes with its weight what is holy and sacred, that malignant reason which delights in the errors it succeeds in discovering, that unfeeling and scornful reason which insults credulity.

Justice is the right of the weakest.

There is in the soul a taste for the good, just as there is in the body an appetite for enjoyment.

Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.

If authorities were well organized, there would not be an Unknown Warrior.