Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.

Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.

A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

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

Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority...

To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.