The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of things. It declares the inalienable rights of man not only against all government but also against the people collectively.

Great men, even during their lifetime, are usually known to the public only through a fictitious personality.

There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.

Lovers who have nothing to do but love each other are not really to be envied; love and nothing else very soon is nothing else.

Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear, their table-talk, gossip, controversies, historical sense and scientific training, the values they appreciate, the quality of life they admire. All communities have a culture. It is the climate of their civilization.

The self-evident truth which makes men invincible is that inalienably they are inviolable persons.

Happiness cannot be the reward of virtue; it must be the intelligible consequence of it.