The Essence Of The Modern State Is

To Be Independent Of Public Opinion Is The First Formal Condition Of Achieving Anything Great.

It Is Easier To Discover A Deficiency In Individuals, In States, And In Providence, Than To See Their Real Import And Value.

In History, We Are Concerned With What Has Been And What Is; In Philosophy, However, We Are Concerned Not With What Belongs Exclusively To The Past Or To The Future, But With That Which Is, Both Now And Eternally ? In Short, With Reason.

The Force Of Mind Is Only As Great As Its Expression; Its Depth Only As Deep As Its Power To Expand And Lose Itself.

The True Courage Of Civilized Nations Is Readiness For Sacrifice In The Service Of The State, So That The Individual Counts As Only One Amongst Many. The Important Thing Here Is Not Personal Mettle But Aligning Oneself With The Universal.