
Writing for the court, Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947).
Source: Meditations
Writing for the court, Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947).
“If a temple is to be erected, a temple must be destroyed.”
Essay 2, Section 24
On the Genealogy of Morality (1887)
“You must die erect and unyielding.”
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XXXVII: On Allegiance to Virtue
“We must remove, not erect, barriers to degree level education.”
Principles and Priorities : Programme for Government (September 5, 2007)
“Your minds that once did stand erect and strong,
What madness swerves them from their wonted course?”
Quo vobis mentes, rectae quae stare solebant
Antehac, dementis sese flexere viai?
As quoted by Cicero in De Senectute, Chapter VI (Loeb translation)