Never be surprised at the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities

Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity

Absolute power corrupts absolutely

(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul