I Have Reached The End

I Mourn For The Stake Which Was Lost At Richmond More Deeply Than I Rejoice Over That Which Was Saved At Waterloo.

Liberty Is Not A Means To A Higher Political End. It Is Itself The Highest Political End. It Is Not For The Sake Of A Good Public Administration That It Is Required, But For The Security In The Pursuit Of The Highest Objects Of Civil Society, And Of Private Life.

Liberty Is The Prevention Of Control By Others.

Monarchy Hardens Into Despotism. Aristocracy Contracts Into Oligarchy. Democracy Expands Into The Supremacy Of Numbers.

At All Times Sincere Friends Of Freedom Have Been Rare, And Its Triumphs Have Been Due To Minorities, That Have Prevailed By Associating Themselves With Auxiliaries Whose Objects Often Differed From Their Own; And This Association, Which Is Always Dangerous, Has Sometimes Been Disastrous.