Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.
Inquiry is fatal to certainty.
Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.
Time sanctifies everything; even the most arrant theft in the hands of the robber's grandchildren becomes sacred and inviolable property.
Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.