Quote #14729
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons...
Quote #15777
It is curious to note the old sea-margins of human thought. Each subsiding century...
Quote #11473
Enlighten the people, generally, and tyranny and oppressions of body and mind will vanish...
Quote #25107
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Quote #24617
I don’t want to get to the end of my life and find that...
Quote #9432
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation...
Quote #18448
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain...
Quote #1256
I celebrate myself, and sing myself.
Quote #11426
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
Quote #23375
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.