Government by idea tends to take in everything, to make the whole of society obedient to the idea. Spaces not so governed are unconquered, beyond the border, unconverted, a future danger.

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.

Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.

Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.

Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime.

Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.