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

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.

Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.

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

The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class. It is not the realisation of a political ideal: it is the discharge of a moral obligation.

Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.