Absolute Power Demoralizes.

No Public Character Has Ever Stood The Revelation Of Private Utterance And Correspondence.

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

The Idea That The Object Of Constitutions Is Not To Confirm The Predominance Of Any Interest, But To Prevent It; To Preserve With Equal Care The Independence Of Labour And The Security Of Property; To Make The Rich Safe Against Envy, And The Poor Against Oppression, Marks The Highest Level Attained By The Statesmanship Of Greece.

False Principles, Which Correspond With The Bad As Well As With The Just Aspirations Of Mankind, Are A Normal And Necessary Element In The Social Life Of Nations.

Be Generous Before You Are Just. Do Not Temper Mercy With Justice.