There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
England is a nation of shopkeepers.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
For my part, it is not the mystery of the incarnation which I discover in religion, but the mystery of social order, which associates with heaven that idea of equality which prevents the rich from destroying the poor