Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate: 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better / Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers, And the…

Quote by Thomas Babington

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None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of...

None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of...

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest...

And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest...

To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he...

To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he...

There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may...

There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may...

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal,...

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal,...

The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they...

The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they...

Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them...

Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them...

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands...

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands...

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it...

Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it...