The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.
If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.
In exile, I have tried to profit by the past and prepare for the future.
The unspoken word never does harm.
Now since France has three times in sixty years failed to obtain practical results from Political revolutions, all Europe is apt to press forward into new Social doctrine to regulate the future.