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

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.

Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.

Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.

It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.

Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy.

History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches.