The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
It is the besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which the masses… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This is the usual form in which masses of… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces his foes. — James F. Cooper Copy Share
It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can… — James F. Cooper Copy Share
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order… — James F. Cooper Copy Share
The ability to discriminate between that which is true and that which is false is one of the last attainments of the human mind. — James F. Cooper Copy Share
Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party. — James F. Cooper Copy Share
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. Unrestrained political… — James F. Cooper Copy Share
The very existence of government at all, infers inequality. The citizen who is preferred to office becomes the superior of those who are not,… — James F. Cooper Copy Share
The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority. — James F. Cooper Copy Share
It is seldom men think of death in the pride of their health and strength. — James F. Cooper Copy Share
God has given the salt lick to the deer; and He has given to man, red-skin and white, the delicious spring at which to… — James F. Cooper Copy Share
In America the taint of sectarianism lies broad upon the land. Not content with acknowledging the supremacy as the Diety, and with erecting temples… — James F. Cooper Copy Share
In America, it is indispensable that every well wisher of true liberty should understand that acts of tyranny can only proceed from the publick.… — James F. Cooper Copy Share
Slavery is no more sinful, by the Christian code, than it is sinful to wear a whole coat, while another is in tatters, to… — James F. Cooper Copy Share
