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

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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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...

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just...

We do not need to be shoemakers to know if our shoes fit, and just...

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...

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...

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

Education is the art of making man ethical.

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...

World history is a court of judgment.

World history is a court of judgment.

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...

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...

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far...

The state of man's mind, or the elementary phase of mind which he so far...

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it.

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts...

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

Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only...

Poverty in itself does not make men into a rabble; a rabble is created only...

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization...

No one sex can govern alone. I believe that one of the reasons why civilization...

A Supreme Court decision does not establish a supreme law of the land that is...

A Supreme Court decision does not establish a supreme law of the land that is...