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> [No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford to be thrown out of their life's course by a mere accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/no-wonder-that-when-a-political-career-is-so-precarious-men-of-worth/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

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> [A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/a-political-career-brings-out-the-basest-qualities-in-human-nature/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

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## More by James Bryce

> [Perhaps the most typically American place in America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/perhaps-the-most-typically-american-place-in-america/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [The national park is the best idea America ever had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/the-national-park-is-the-best-idea-america-ever-had/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [Of all the differences between the Old World and the New, this is perhaps the most salient. Half the wars of Europe, half the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/of-all-the-differences-between-the-old-world-and-the-new-this-is/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [Medicine, the only profession that labors incessantly to destroy the reason for its own existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/medicine-the-only-profession-that-labors-incessantly-to-destroy-the/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [No wonder that, when a political career is so precarious, men of worth and capacity hesitate to embrace it. They cannot afford to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/no-wonder-that-when-a-political-career-is-so-precarious-men-of-worth/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [In Europe we have cities wealthier and more populous than yours and we are not happy. You dream of your posterity; but your posterity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/in-europe-we-have-cities-wealthier-and-more-populous-than-yours-and/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [The ordinary American voter does not object to mediocrity. He likes his candidate to be sensible, vigorous, and, above all, what he calls 'magnetic,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/the-ordinary-american-voter-does-not-object-to-mediocrity-he-likes/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [Life is too short to read inferior books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/life-is-too-short-to-read-inferior-books/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [There is a hearty Puritanism in the view of human nature which pervades the instrument of 1787. It is the work of men who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/there-is-a-hearty-puritanism-in-the-view-of-human-nature-which/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [The massacres are the result of a policy which, as far as can be ascertained, has been entertained for some considerable time by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/the-massacres-are-the-result-of-a-policy-which-as-far-as-can-be/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [To most people, nothing is more troublesome than the effort of thinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/to-most-people-nothing-is-more-troublesome-than-the-effort-of-thinking/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [It is accepted as an axiom by all Americans that the civil power ought to be not only neutral and impartial as between different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/it-is-accepted-as-an-axiom-by-all-americans-that-the-civil-power/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/patriotism-consists-not-in-waving-the-flag-but-in-striving-that-our/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [When you find that a book is poor ... waste no more time upon it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/when-you-find-that-a-book-is-poor-waste-no-more-time-upon-it/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

> [If you have enough room for your books, you don't have enough books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bryce/if-you-have-enough-room-for-your-books-you-don-t-have-enough-books/)

[James Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bryce/)

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