Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The mischiefs of anarchy have been equaled by the mischiefs of government. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A republican government is in a hundred points weaker than one that is autocratic; but in this one point it is the… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A republican government in a hundred points is weaker than an autocratic government; but in this one point it is the strongest… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
There is no part of government which cannot better suffer derangement than the ballot. If you strike the ballot with disease, it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Newspapers are to the body politic what arteries are to the human body, their function being to carry blood and sustenance and… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Self-government by the whole people is the teleologic idea. The republican form of government is the noblest and the best, as it… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The grossest, the cruelest, the most selfish, the most easily pervertible and perverted thing in this world, is government. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation's flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I received a letter from a lad asking me for an easy berth. To this I replied: You cannot be an editor;… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Astronomers have built telescopes which can show myriads of stars unseen before; but when a man looks through a tear in his own eye,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
A lie always needs a truth for a handle to it. The worst lies are those whose blade is false, but whose handle is… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Even a liar tells a hundred truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Our sweetest experiences of affection are meant to be suggestions of that realm which is the home of the heart. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
In America there is not one single element of civilization that is not made to depend, in the end, upon public opinion. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
The best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Mirthfulness is in the mind and you cannot get it out. It is just as good in its place as conscience or veneration. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
