Quotes about George Bancroft

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

#George Bancroft

The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

#George Bancroft

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first...

#George Bancroft

The fears of one class of men are not the measure of the rights of...

#George Bancroft

In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.

#George Bancroft

If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest...

#George Bancroft

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

#George Bancroft

By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect...

#George Bancroft

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

#George Bancroft