1. “Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.”
2. “Judgement of the people is often wiser than the wisest men.”
3. “Fear must rule in a despotism.”
4. “The unspoken word does not harm.”
5. “History is the revelation of Providence.”
6. “Argument is not always truth.”
7. “It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes.”
8. “Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.”
9. “Nationality is the aggregated individuality of the greatest men of the nation.”
10. “The brave are parsimonious of threats.”
11. “The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.”
12. “The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble. “
13. “It is well to be independent also well not to be neutral.”
14. “Ethics may be defined as the obligations of morality.”
15. “Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the greatest quality of true manliness.”
