Sparks Commentary

“You know also that the beginning is the most important part of any work , especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is t...

“Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general...

“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. H...

“I admit that, provided the subjects remained always in submission, the prince's interest would indeed be that it should be powerful, ...

“The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, 'This is mine,' and found people simple eno...

"The political liberty of the [citizen] is a tranquillity of mind, arising from the opinion each person has of his safety. In order t...

"It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to ...

"When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them wi...

"The ratification of the conventions of  nine states , shall be sufficient for the establishment of this constitution between the sta...

"We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union , establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide...

"Whatsoever therefore is consequent to a time of War, where every man is Enemy to every man ; the same is consequent to the time, whe...

" ... every individual necessarily labours to render the annual revenue of the society as great as he can. He generally, indeed, neit...

" A spectre is haunting Europe - the spectre of communism . All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcis...