Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea. The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress. It strengthens the bonds between nations to have the same civil laws and the same monetary system. In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors.
Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.
Equality should be the chief basis of the education of youth. A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour. Liberty and equality are magical words. We should wash our dirty linen at home. We are nothing but by the law.