Genius is a sovereign power; it forms schools; it lays hold on the spirits of men, with irresistible might; and it exercises an immeasurable influence on the whole condition of human life. This sovereignty of genius is a gift of God, possessed only by his grace. It is subject to no one and is responsible to him alone who has granted it this ascendancy.

Between 1910 and 1912 he was member of the committee headed by Heemskerk which prepared a revision of the constitution. Kuyper subsequently moved to the Hague without telling his friends in Amsterdam. In 1877 he left parliament because of problems with his health suffering from overexertion.

He founded the Anti-Revolutionary Party and was prime minister of the Netherlands between 1901 and 1905. Abraham Kuijper (October 29 1837 – November 8 1920) generally known as Abraham Kuyper was a Dutch politician journalist statesman and theologian.