All Gertrude Himmelfarb Quotes
- For Rousseau and Mandeville the absence of a moral instinct meant the laws of society had no moral validity, they were nothing but the inventions… Absence
- The present illegitimacy ratio is not only unprecedented in the past two centuries; it is unprecedented, so far as we know, in American history going… American
- The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom. Freedom
- Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success. Assurance
- The footnote would seem to be the smallest detail in a work of history. Yet it carries a large burden of responsibility, testifying to the… Burden
- As liberty of thought is absolute, so is liberty of speech, which is 'inseparable' from the liberty of thought. Liberty of speech, moreover, is essential… Absolute