It was the privilege of Lacordaire, in his youth as well as in his maturity, to love liberty without the spirit of domination, without partisanship; to love liberty for its own sake, as one loved moral excellence, truth, and justice. . . to love it because it quenches a deep need in the human spirit and gives dignity to human life.

                                                                             Joseph-Theophile Foisset, Life of Reverend Father Lacordaire