If The Past Has Been An Obstacle

It Is Bad To Be Oppressed By A Minority, But It Is Worse To Be Oppressed By A Majority. For There Is A Reserve Of Latent Power In The Masses Which, If It Is Called Into Play, The Minority Can Seldom Resist. But From The Absolute Will Of An Entire People There Is No Appeal, No Redemption, No Refuge But Treason.

The Possession Of Unlimited Power Corrodes The Conscience, Hardens The Heart, And Confounds The Understanding.

History Is Not Only A Particular Branch Of Knowledge, But A Particular Mode And Method Of Knowledge In Other Branches.

Save For The Wild Force Of Nature, Nothing Moves In This World That Is Not Greek In Its Origin.

Power Tends To Corrupt And Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely. Great Men Are Almost Always Bad Men, Even When They Exercise Influence And Not Authority: Still More When You Superadd The Tendency Or The Certainty Of Corruption By Authority.