Collection of phrases and quotes about culture.
Experiments in politics mean revolutions.
When men are pure, laws are useless; when they are corrupt, laws are broken.
States, for diplomacy, are not the people, but the kings who lead or enslave them.
I don't have enough faith in human nature to be an anarchist.
Our entire system of government is based on the idea that no man is good enough to be trusted with more than limited power over his fellow men.
You can take the man out of his country, but you can't take the country out of the man's heart.
The best philosophical system of all is that of Jesus Christ: the system of benevolence.
I love humanity, but to my surprise, the more I love humanity in general, the less affection I feel for individual people.
Elephants struggle to adapt, cockroaches survive everything.
If material civilization is not first in the hearts of men, it is useless to expect it to exist.
In politics, my dear, and you know it as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas; no feelings, but interests; in politics, a man is not killed, but an obstacle is removed.
The experience and philosophy that do not lead to indulgence and charity are two acquisitions that are not worth what they cost.