CHARLES MONTALEMBERT

Freedom: ah! I can say it without phrases ... and it is my belief that I have never loved her more, never served her better on this day when I am doing my best to unmask her enemies, who deck themselves out in her colours, who usurp her flag to soil it, to dishonor it.

Let no one say ... that radicalism is the exaggeration of liberalism; no, it is its antipodes, its extreme opposite. Radicalism is nothing more than an exaggeration of despotism; and never has despotism taken a more odious form.

God and Liberty—these are the two great motive-powers of my existence. To reconcile these two perfections shall be the aim of my life.

The powers of the present age both in government and in opposition, are, by the grace of Heaven, equally hostile to Catholics.

There were neither railways nor telegraphs, and in our propagandistic journeys we took three days and three nights to go in execrable diligences from Paris to Lyons.

Persecuted truth has triumphed everywhere over protected and powerful error.

God and Liberty—these are the two great motive-powers of my existence. To reconcile these two perfections shall be the aim of my life.

Freedom: ah! I can say it without phrases ... and it is my belief that I have never loved her more, never served her better on this day when I am doing my best to unmask her enemies, who deck themselves out in her colours, who usurp her flag to soil it, to dishonor it.

Persecuted truth has triumphed everywhere over protected and powerful error.

Let no one say ... that radicalism is the exaggeration of liberalism; no, it is its antipodes, its extreme opposite. Radicalism is nothing more than an exaggeration of despotism; and never has despotism taken a more odious form.

The powers of the present age both in government and in opposition, are, by the grace of Heaven, equally hostile to Catholics.

There were neither railways nor telegraphs, and in our propagandistic journeys we took three days and three nights to go in execrable diligences from Paris to Lyons.