Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment.
Moral authority is never retained by any attempt to hold on to it. It comes without seeking and is retained without effort.
Morality is contraband in war.
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
