"From a political point of view, there..." - Quote by Victor Hugo

“Give to a being the useless, and deprive him of the needful, and you have the gamin.”

“No doubt it was necessary to civilize man in relation to man. That work is already advanced and is making progress every day. But man must be civilized also in relation to nature.”

“In every cradle decked with rosy wreath Lurk germs of death.”

“Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.”

“A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.”

“But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts--for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.”

“A country that is governed by its national army can never be morally free and, therefore, its so-called weakest member can never rise to his full moral height.”

“Individual liberty and interdependence are both essential for life in society.”

“Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go.”