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

Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.

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

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

The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.

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 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.