Quotes by George Bancroft

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and...

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The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and...

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The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence...

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Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of...

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Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives...

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

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The public is wiser than the wisest critic.

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

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

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

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

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

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