History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
Every class is unfit to govern.
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
It is very easy to speak words of wisdom from a comfortable distance, when one sees no reality, no details, none of the effect on men's minds.
Progress, the religion of those who have none.
The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.