Unknown Ocean Quotes by Joseph Cook

Safe popular freedom consists of four things, the diffusion of liberty, of intelligence, of property, and of conscientiousness, and cannot be compounded of any…

— Joseph Cook

Only the home can found a state.

— Joseph Cook

There is a certain physiognomy in manners.

— Joseph Cook

Of all my wife's relations I like myself the best.

— Joseph Cook

What is the average type of a counterfeit church? A hammock, attached on one side to the cross, and, on the other, held and…

— Joseph Cook

A monarchy is like a man-of-war--bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is danger of capsizing. But democracy is a raft.…

— Joseph Cook

The secret of solitude is that there is no solitude.

— Joseph Cook

It is the will to be grateful which constitutes gratitude.

— Joseph Cook

The sense of duty pursues us ever.

— Joseph Cook

So many people glorify and romanticize 'busy.' I do not. I value purpose. I believe in resting in reason and moving in passion. If…

— Joseph Cook

The Unknown is an ocean. What is conscience? The compass of the Unknown.

— Joseph Cook

Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning…

— Joseph Cook