The earth is bound to the law in three ways; she contains law within herself, as a reward of labor; she manifests law upon herself in fixed boundaries; and she sustains law above herself, as a public sign of order.
The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy.
The essential point for the liberal parliamentary system is that discussion takes the place of force-decision.
Schmitt, Carl. The crisis of parliamentary democracy. Mit Press, 1988
Every romantic avoid teh definitive choice. He wants to keep all possibilities open, and he changes his point of view from day to day because he is fascinated only by the new. p.65