"Political freedom is an idea, not a fact. It is necessary to know how to apply this
idea when there is need of a clever bait to gain the support of the people for one's
party, if such a party has undertaken to defeat another party already in power. This
task is made easier if the opponent has himself been infected by principles of
freedom or so-called liberalism, and for the sake of the idea will yield some of his
own power."