When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.

Quote by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of...

The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of...

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...

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

Too fair to worship, too divine to love.

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.

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...

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

(History) The progress of the consciousness of freedom

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

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

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...

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion

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...

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...

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...

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

Truth in philosophy means that concept and external reality correspond.

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...

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 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...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the...

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think...

The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think...

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of...

The ideals which have always shone before me and filled me with the joy of...