--- title: "14 Citizens Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson" description: "14 Citizens quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Plus more from Ralph Waldo Emerson and more Citizens sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_character_the-state-must-follow-and-not-lead-the-c_3109733.png" --- > [The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-state-must-follow-and-not-lead-the-character-and-progress-of-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_character_the-state-must-follow-and-not-lead-the-c_3109733.png) > [There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-a-genius-of-a-nation-which-is-not-to-be-found-in-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_citizens_there-is-a-genius-of-a-nation-which-is-n_1351277.png) > [I wish that friendship should have feet, as well as eyes and eloquence. It must plant itself on the ground, before it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-wish-that-friendship-should-have-feet-as-well-as-eyes-and-eloquence/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/204/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_cherubs_i-wish-that-friendship-should-have-feet_2985571.png) > [An orchard, good tillage, good grounds, seem a fixture, like a gold mine, or a river, to a citizen; but to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/an-orchard-good-tillage-good-grounds-seem-a-fixture-like-a-gold-mine/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_change_an-orchard-good-tillage-good-grounds-see_2587155.png) > [The teaching of politics is that the Government, which was set for protection and comfort of all good citizens, becomes the principal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-teaching-of-politics-is-that-the-government-which-was-set-for/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28c/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_bully_the-teaching-of-politics-is-that-the-gov_560521.png) > [Let ideas establish their legitimate sway again in society, let life be fair and poetic, and the scholars will gladly be lovers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/let-ideas-establish-their-legitimate-sway-again-in-society-let-life/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9db/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_citizens_let-ideas-establish-their-legitimate-swa_950307.png) > [Human society is made up of partialities. Each citizen has an interest and a view of his own, which, if followed out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/human-society-is-made-up-of-partialities-each-citizen-has-an-interest/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_citizens_human-society-is-made-up-of-partialities_855047.png) > [In dealing with the State, we ought to remember that its institutions are not aboriginal, though they existed before we were born;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-dealing-with-the-state-we-ought-to-remember-that-its-institutions/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03f/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_aboriginal_in-dealing-with-the-state-we-ought-to-re_1471264.png) > [There was never a man born so wise or good, but one or more companions came into the world with him, who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-was-never-a-man-born-so-wise-or-good-but-one-or-more-companions/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_awe_there-was-never-a-man-born-so-wise-or-go_892019.png) > [Without looking, then, to those extraordinary social influences which are now acting in precisely this direction, but only at whatis inevitably doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/without-looking-then-to-those-extraordinary-social-influences-which/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_acting_without-looking-then-to-those-extraordin_1899469.jpg) > [But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/but-the-wise-know-that-foolish-legislation-is-a-rope-of-sand-which/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_character_but-the-wise-know-that-foolish-legislati_542878.jpg) > [I hear therefore with joy whatever is beginning to be said of the dignity and necessity of labor to every citizen. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-hear-therefore-with-joy-whatever-is-beginning-to-be-said-of-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f81/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_action_i-hear-therefore-with-joy-whatever-is-be_1542206.png) > [We live in a very low state of the world, and pay unwilling tribute to government founded on force. There is not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/we-live-in-a-very-low-state-of-the-world-and-pay-unwilling-tribute-to/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_artificial_we-live-in-a-very-low-state-of-the-world_727423.png) > [Society is an illusion to the young citizen. It lies before him in rigid repose, with certain names, men, and institutions, rootedlike…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/society-is-an-illusion-to-the-young-citizen-it-lies-before-him-in/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_centre_society-is-an-illusion-to-the-young-citi_1471520.jpg) ## Other authors on Citizens ## More by Ralph Waldo Emerson > [The history of mankind interests us only as it exhibits a steady gain of truth and right, in the incessant conflict which it records…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-history-of-mankind-interests-us-only-as-it-exhibits-a-steady-gain/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If we will not interfere with our thought, but will act entirely, or see how the thing stands in God, we know the particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-we-will-not-interfere-with-our-thought-but-will-act-entirely-or/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/if-there-is-any-period-one-would-desire-to-be-born-in-is-it-not-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A man cannot speak but he judges himself. With his will or against his will he draws his portrait to the eye of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-man-cannot-speak-but-he-judges-himself-with-his-will-or-against-his/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Consideration is the soil in which wisdom may be expected to grow, and strength be given to every up-springing plant of duty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/consideration-is-the-soil-in-which-wisdom-may-be-expected-to-grow-and/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [“There is then creative reading as well as creative writing. When the mind is braced by labor and invention, the page of whatever book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-then-creative-reading-as-well-as-creative-writing-when-the/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The order of things consents to virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-order-of-things-consents-to-virtue/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Life only avails, not the having lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/life-only-avails-not-the-having-lived/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Another success is the post-office, with its educating energy augmented by cheapness and guarded by a certain religious sentimentin mankind; so that the power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/another-success-is-the-post-office-with-its-educating-energy/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [A child reminds us that playtime is an essential part of our daily routine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/a-child-reminds-us-that-playtime-is-an-essential-part-of-our-daily/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [No man can be criticised but by a greater than he. Do not, then, read the reviews.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/no-man-can-be-criticised-but-by-a-greater-than-he-do-not-then-read/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [Coal lay in ledges under the ground since the Flood, until a laborer with pick and windlass brings it to the surface. We may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/coal-lay-in-ledges-under-the-ground-since-the-flood-until-a-laborer/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [I am; therefore, I had nothing better to do than to think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/i-am-therefore-i-had-nothing-better-to-do-than-to-think/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/in-a-library-we-are-surrounded-by-many-hundreds-of-dear-friends-but/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) > [The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-compensations-of-calamity-are-made-apparent-to-the-understanding/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/citizens/ralph-waldo-emerson/#itemlist", "name": "14 Citizens Quotes By Ralph Waldo Emerson", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/the-state-must-follow-and-not-lead-the-character-and-progress-of-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_character_the-state-must-follow-and-not-lead-the-c_3109733.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_character_the-state-must-follow-and-not-lead-the-c_3109733.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_character_the-state-must-follow-and-not-lead-the-c_3109733.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The State must follow, and not lead, the character and progress of the citizen.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ralph Waldo Emerson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/there-is-a-genius-of-a-nation-which-is-not-to-be-found-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_citizens_there-is-a-genius-of-a-nation-which-is-n_1351277.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_citizens_there-is-a-genius-of-a-nation-which-is-n_1351277.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae8/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_citizens_there-is-a-genius-of-a-nation-which-is-n_1351277.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes…” — Ralph Waldo Emerson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I wish that friendship should have feet, as well as eyes and eloquence. 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