Advice To Persons About To Write History

Every Thing Secret Degenerates, Even The Administration Of Justice; Nothing Is Safe That Does Not Show How It Can Bear Discussion And Publicity.

Government By Idea Tends To Take In Everything, To Make The Whole Of Society Obedient To The Idea. Spaces Not So Governed Are Unconquered, Beyond The Border, Unconverted, A Future Danger.

At All Times Sincere Friends Of Freedom Have Been Rare, And Its Triumphs Have Been Due To Minorities.

The Mills Of God Grind Slowly.

Democracy Generally Monopolizes And Concentrates Power.