Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

An idea is always a generalization, and generalization is a property of thinking. To generalize means to think.

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.

To him who looks upon the world rationally, the world in its turn presents a rational aspect. The relation is mutual.

Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.

Everything that I will ever accomplish, I owe to God, to my parent's sacrifices, and to the United States of America.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.