The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.

Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.