“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
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“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
“Where liberty dwells, there is my country.”
“Is it not high time for the people of this country explicitly to declare whether they will be freemen or slaves? It is an important question, which ought to be decided. It concerns us more than anything in this life.”
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”
“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.”
“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.”