The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.
Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.
Under Clinton, the defiance of world order has become so extreme as to be of concern even to hawkish policy analysts.
History can predict nothing except that great changes in human relationships will never come about in the form in which they have been anticipated.
The ruling classes today nourish the conviction that national hatreds and rivalries are inevitable.
All strange and terrible events are welcome, but comforts we despise.
The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear.
Politics abhors a vacuum.