The two things he most valued, which is to say liberty and equality, were not natural allies.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air. These qualities have ever been displayed in their mightiest perfection, as attendants in the retinue of strong passions.

Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.

It is my strong conviction that a realist conception of human nature should be made a servant of an ethic of progressive justice and should not be made into a bastion of conservatism, particularly a conservatism which defends unjust privileges.

I cannot live without books.