A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,
adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. |
America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine Providence in behalf of the human race. |
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live as well as think. |
Don't say things. What you are stands over you the while, and thunders so that I cannot hear what you say to the contrary. |
Fame is proof that the people are gullible. |
That which we call sin in others is experiment for us. |
The highest compact we can make with our fellow is - "Let there be truth between us two forevermore." |
We grant no dukedoms to the few,
We hold like rights and shall;
Equal on Sunday in the pew,
On Monday in the mall.
For what avail the plough or sail,
Or land, or life, if freedom fail? |
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. |
For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail? |
The less government we have the better - the fewer laws and the less confided power. The antidote to this abuse of formal government is the influence of private character, the growth of the individual. |
Good men must not obey the laws too well. |
Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. |
Persecution readily knits friendship between its victims. |
Every actual state is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. |
Man exists for his own sake and not to add a laborer to the State. |
Democracy is morose, and runs to anarchy. |
People only see what they are prepared to see. |
Liberty is a slow fruit. |
Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. |
