Quote #30212
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it’s so...
Quote #6609
Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased,...
Quote #18225
Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure men love in haste but they...
Quote #22566
There is no slavery but ignorance.
Quote #31667
Democracy encourages the majority to decide things about which the majority is ignorant.
Quote #24785
When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and...
Quote #34793
No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
Quote #11636
The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection, even though it consists in nothing more...
Quote #20608
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last...
Quote #16998
Immortality. I notice that as soon as writers broach this question they begin to...