(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

God is, as it were, the sewer into which all contradictions flow

America is therefore the land of the future, where, in the ages that lie before us, the burden of the World's History shall reveal itself

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their needs, their passions, their characters and talents and impresses us with the belief that such needs, passions and interests are the sole spring of actions

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it