To the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground.
A democracy which makes or even effectively prepares for modern, scientific war must necessarily cease to be democratic. No country can be really well prepared for modern war unless it is governed by a tyrant, at the head of a highly trained and perfectly obedient bureaucracy.
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
We cannot say that if a child is badly nourished he will become a criminal. We must see what conclusion the child has drawn.