Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.

The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.

I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo.

The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.

The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.

A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.

At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxiliaries whose objects often differed from their own; and this association, which is always dangerous, has sometimes been disastrous.