Advice To Persons About To Write History

Self-preservation And Self-denial: The Basis Of All Political Economy.

Liberty Is The Prevention Of Control By Others. This Requires Self-control And, Therefore, Religious And Spiritual Influences; Education, Knowledge, Well-being.

There Is No Error So Monstrous That It Fails To Find Defenders Among The Ablest Men. Imagine A Congress Of Eminent Celebrities, Such As More, Bacon, Grotius, Pascal, Cromwell, Bossuet, Montesquieu, Jefferson, Napoleon, Pitt, Etc. The Result Would Be An Encyclopedia Of Error.

Power Tends To Corrupt, And Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.

The True Natural Check On Absolute Democracy Is The Federal System, Which Limits The Central Government By The Powers Reserved, And The State Governments By The Powers They Have Ceded.