Collection of phrases and quotes about culture.
I would defend the law, even if it were just to protect myself from myself.
Interestingly, voters do not feel responsible for the failures of the government they have voted for.
In politics, you always have to choose between two evils.
Democracy is not silence, it is the clarity with which problems are exposed and the existence of means to solve them.
Everyone is a prisoner of their own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices, simply recognize them.
Civilization does not last because men are only interested in its results: anesthetics, automobiles, radio. But nothing that civilization provides is the natural fruit of an endemic tree. Everything is the result of an effort. A civilization only endures if many contribute their collaboration to the effort. If everyone prefers to enjoy the fruit, civilization sinks.
Democracy [...] as a political norm seems like an optimal thing. But [...] of democracy in thought and deed, democracy in the heart and in custom, is the most dangerous disease that a society can suffer.
Love for the homeland is more evident than reason itself.
If you want peace, fight for justice.
Fanaticism is to religion what hypocrisy is to virtue.
It is absurd for a people to place their hopes of redemption and happiness in forms of government that they do not understand.
All women conceive ideas, but not all conceive children. The human being is not a fruit tree that is only cultivated for the harvest.