Quote #4544
Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming...
Quote #7558
When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that...
Quote #15819
America Where a man can say what he thinks, if he isn’t afraid of...
Quote #14406
It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little...
Quote #6191
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous unpremeditated act without the...
Quote #14296
Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out but thought is irksome and...
Quote #21575
There is an applause superior to that of the multitudes one’s own.
Quote #10732
You can observe a lot just by watching.
Quote #16910
Part of the power of Emerson’s individualism is his insistence, at crucial moments, that...
Quote #4538
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.