A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
The reward of history is that it releases and relieves us from present strife.
Every class is unfit to govern.
In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power -- power sufficient to interfere with property.
The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.