From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.

Quote by William Cobbett

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Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits...

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits...

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much...

It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much...

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of...

The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of...

You never know what you can do till you try.

You never know what you can do till you try.

I view the tea-drinking as a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of the frome, an...

I view the tea-drinking as a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of the frome, an...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you...

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you...

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much...

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much...

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

The very impossibility in which I find myself to prove that God is not, discovers...

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the...

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the...

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.

'Impossible' is not a scientific term.