Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only when there is joined to poverty a disposition of mind, an inner indignation against the rich, against society, against the government.

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come...

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come...

The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of...

The Few assume to be the deputies, but they are often only the despoilers of...

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their...

The first glance at History convinces us that the actions of men proceed from their...

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

Amid the pressure of great events, a general principle gives no help.

World history is a court of judgment.

World history is a court of judgment.

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But...

Animals are in possession of themselves; their soul is in possession of their body. But...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything...

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a...

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a...

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.

I'm not ugly, but my beauty is a total creation.

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

Dialectics gives expression to a law which is felt in all grades of consciousness and...

Education is the art of making man ethical.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than...

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than...

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not...

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious...

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in...

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in...