Authority Quote by Alexander Hamilton

The passions refuse to be organized on a basis of their own; hostile to personal freedom and one another, they rush precipitately into anarchy…

— Amos Bronson Alcott

“The philosophers say that the passions are too lively, too fiery; in truth they are weak and languid. All around one sees the mass…

— Charles Fourier

Oh how the passions, insolent and strong, Bear our weak minds their rapid course along; Make us the madness of their will obey; Then…

— George Crabbe

Everything can be borne except contempt.

— Voltaire

“Our contemporaries are constantly excited by two conflicting passions; they want to be led, and they wish to remain free: as they cannot destroy…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

A very few, as heroes, patriots, martyrs, reformers in the great sense, and men, serve the state with their conscience also, and so necessarily…

— Henry David Thoreau

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity, but a weak one is odious in the former, and…

— George Grenville

“Our contemporaries are constantly wracked by two warring passions: they feel the need to be led and the desire to remain free. Unable to…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The ideal citizen of a tyrannical state is the man or woman who bows in silent obedience in exchange for the status of a…

— Claire Wolfe

“imperceptible, element of contempt for those over whom the power is exercised. One can only dominate another human soul if one knows, understands, and…

— Sándor Márai

Philosophers conceive of the passions which harass us as vices into which men fall by their own fault, and, therefore, generally deride, bewail, or…

— Baruch Spinoza

“There are many good people who are denied the supreme blessing of children, and for these we have the respect and sympathy always due…

— Theodore Roosevelt