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

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. It is not for the sake of a good public administration that it is required, but for the security in the pursuit of the highest objects of civil society, and of private life.

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

The true natural check on absolute democracy is the federal system, which limits the central government by the powers reserved, and the state governments by the powers they have ceded.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.

The wisdom of divine rule appears not in the perfection but in the improvement of the world... History is the true demonstration of Religion.