Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing

A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.

The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy.

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

A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom

Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.

The history of institutions is often a history of deception and illusions; for their virtue depends on the ideas that produce and on the spirit that preserves them, and the form may remain unaltered when the substance has passed away.