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.

The reward of history is that it releases and relieves us from present strife.

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

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

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.

The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.