Apathy is the great requisite for the station; for woe betide the wretch who fancies any modicum of zeal. — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
On the human imagination, events produce the effects of time. Thus, he who has travelled far and seen much, is apt to… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party. — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
These families, you know, are our upper crust, not upper ten thousand. — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
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 Image
It is seldom men think of death in the pride of their health and strength. — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
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 Image
