When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the…

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People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

People crushed by laws, have no hope but to evade power. If the laws are...

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a...

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a...

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one,...

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one,...

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little...

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

Never despair, but if you do, work in despair

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

Superstition is the religion of feeble minds.

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one,...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

I know that many have been taught to think that moderation, in a case like...

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do...

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when...

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he...

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...

Passion, it lies in all of us, sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted... unbidden... it will...